Sina-class fast attack craft

Sina (Persian: سینا‎) is a class of upgraded La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft developed by Iran.

Sina-class fast attack craft
Class overview
Builders:
Operators: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Preceded by: La Combattante IIa class
In service: 2003–present
Planned: 10
Building: 3
Completed: 5
Active: 5

History

One of major naval production projects in Iran,[1] it delivered Iran's first ever domestically-built warship in 2003.[2] Abhijit Singh, a senior fellow at Observer Research Foundation described the project as "a proud testimony of Iran’s abilities at reverse engineering".[3] According to Anthony Cordesman, Sina class ships have been "heavily updated" in comparison to the French-made La Combattante IIa class.[4] As of 2012, reportedly 10 ships were planned in this class.[5]

Armament

Ships of this class are equipped with four box launchers with C-802 or Noor, as well as one 76mm chaser.[1]

Ships in the class

As of 2015, four ships (Sina 5 to 8) were under construction, two of them in the Caspian Sea and the other two at Bandar Abbas.[6] In 2020, Farzin Nadimi of The Washington Institute wrote that production of these ships has not improved as expected.[7]

Ship Pennant number Shipyard Commissioned Status
Paykan P224 Shahid Tamjidi, Bandar Anzali 29 September 2003 In service
Joshan P225 Shahid Tamjidi, Bandar Anzali 22 September 2006 In service
Derafsh P233 Shahid Tamjidi, Bandar Anzali 6 October 2009 In service
Separ P234 Shahid Tamjidi, Bandar Anzali 5 December 2017 In service
Zereh P235 Naval Factories, Bandar Abbas 13 January 2021 In service
Sina 6 TBA Un­known TBA Under construction
Sina 7 TBA Un­known TBA Under construction
Sina 8 TBA Un­known TBA Under construction

See also

References
  1. Iranian Naval Forces: A Tale of Two Navies (PDF), Office of Naval Intelligence, February 2017, p. 30, ISBN 978-0160939686
  2. Connell, Michael; Nadimi, Farzin; Miller, John (10 June 2020), Iran's Asymmetric Naval Response to 'Maximum Pressure' (PolicyWatch), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  3. Singh, Abhijit (2010), "Dark Chill in the Persian Gulf – Iran's Conventional and Unconventional Naval Forces", Maritime Affairs, National Maritime Foundation, 6 (2): 113, doi:10.1080/09733159.2010.559788, ISSN 1946-6609
  4. Cordesman, Anthony (2016), "The Gulf: How Dangerous is Iran to International Maritime Security?", in Krause, Joachim; Bruns, Sebastian (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Naval Strategy and Security, Routledge, p. 108, ISBN 9781138840935
  5. Nugent, Bob; Cohen, Josh (2012), "The Gulf State Navies" (PDF), Naval Forces, AMI International (1): 32
  6. Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 388, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
  7. Nadimi, Farzin (April 2020), "Iran's Evolving Approach to Asymmetric Naval Warfare: Strategy and Capabilities in the Persian Gulf" (PDF), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Policy Focus) (164), p. 38, retrieved 15 July 2020
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