Ghaem-class patrol boat

*Ghaem*-class patrol craft
Class overview
Builders	Marine Industries Organization
Operators	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy; Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Syrian Navy;
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	61 tons full load[1]
Length	18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)[1]
Beam	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)[1]
Draught	1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)[1]
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × MWM TBD 234 V12 engines, 1,646 horsepower (1.227 MW)[1]; 2 × shafts[1];
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)[1]
Complement	10[1]
Sensors and ; processing systems	Surface search radar, I-band[1]
Armament	2 × 7.62mm machine gun[1]; 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon[1];

The Ghaem (Persian: قائم, lit. 'risen-up', also known as MIG-S-1800)[1] is a class of general-purpose patrol craft. The vessel is assembled in Iran, by Shahid Joolaee Marine Industries.[1]

Its primary operators include the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,[1] as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, which operates them in the Northern Fleet.[2] Iran has also exported Ghaem-class patrol boats to Syrian Armed Forces.[3]

References

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. 389, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
"Iran wraps up naval drill in Caspian Sea", Mehr News Agncy, 6 July 2017
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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[Janes-1] 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. 389, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075

[2] "Iran wraps up naval drill in Caspian Sea", Mehr News Agncy, 6 July 2017

[3] Shapir, Yiftah (August 2007), "The Syrian Army Buildup" (PDF), Strategic Assessment, Tel Aviv, Israel: The Institute for National Security Studies, 10 (2)