The Simorgh-class corvette is a class of warship in service in the Republic of Iran Navy from the early 1990s onwards to replace the aging Bayandor-class corvettes. It is based on the German MEKO 140 design.
Specifications[]
- Type: Corvette
- Service Period: 1993-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 300 feet (91.44 meters)
- Beam: 37 feet (11.28 meters)
- Draft: 14 feet 9 inches (4.5 meters)
- Displacement: 1,600 tons (Standard) 1,825 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 100
- Propulsion: 2 x diesel engines, 2 x shafts/propellers, 20,400 shp (15,210 kW)
- Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,408 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Thales DA-05/2 Air/Surface Search RDF
- Thales WM-28, LIROD Fire Control RDF
- SMA SPS-728 Navigation RDF
- Atlas AQS-1 hull MF ASDIC
- Countermeasures:
- Decca RDC-2ABC
- Decca RCM-2 jammer
- Matra Dagaie decoys x 2
- Armament:
- 1 x Otobreda 76mm/62-caliber Super Rapid naval gun
- 2 x 4-cell AAM launchers (fires Thunderbolt AAMs
- 4 x Broadsword AShMs
- 4 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- 2 x .50-caliber machine guns
- 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes
- Aircraft Carried: 1 x helicopter
- Aviation Facilities: Beartrap equipped flight deck
Unit Run[]
- RIS Simorgh
- RIS Karkas
- RIS Shahbaz
- RIS Shahrokh