Zafar-class patrol craft

Zafar (Persian: ظفر‎, lit. 'victory') or MIG-S-2600 is a class of fast patrol boat operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[1]

Zafar-class patrol craft
Class overview
Builders: Marine Industries Organization
Operators:
General characteristics
Type: Fast patrol boat (PBF)
Displacement: 85 tons full load
Length: 26.2 m (85 ft 11 in)
Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught: 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in)
Installed power: Diesel
Propulsion:
  • 4 × engines, 4,000 horsepower (3.0 MW)
  • 4 × shafts
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 12
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Surface search radar, I-band
Armament:
  • 2 × 23mm/80 (twin)
  • 1 × 12-barelled 107mm MLR
Notes: [1]

History

According to the Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, Iran purchased some Chaho-class fast attack crafts from North Korea in 1987.[2] Shahid Joolaee Marine Industries of the Marine Industries Organization has built vessels similar to the class with a different superstructure and a raised mast in order to improve radar capabilities.[1] A 2007 report by the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies suggests that Iran has exported the vessel to Syria.[3]

References
  1. Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004–2005), Jane's Fighting Ships, Jane's Information Group, p. 346, ISBN 978-0710626233
  2. Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, p. 187, ISBN 978-1557501325
  3. Shapir, Yiftah (August 2007), "The Syrian Army Buildup" (PDF), Strategic Assessment, Tel Aviv, Israel: The Institute for National Security Studies, 10 (2)
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