IRIS Neyzeh (P231)

IRIS Neyzeh (Persian: نیزه, lit. 'Spear') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

History
IranIran
NameNeyzeh
NamesakeNeyzeh
OperatorIslamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ordered14 October 1974
BuilderConstructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg
Laid down12 September 1977
Launched5 July 1978
Commissioned1 August 1981
Refit2011–2013
StatusIn service
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeKaman-class fast attack craft
Displacement
  • 249 tons standard
  • 275 tons full load
Length47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draft1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Installed power4 × MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels, 14,400 brake horsepower (10.7 MW)
Propulsion4 × shafts
Speed36 knots (67 km/h)
Range2,000 miles (3,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 700 miles (1,100 km) at 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h)
Complement30
Armament
NotesAs reported by Jane's (1979)[1]

Construction and commissioning

Neyzeh was built by French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie at Cherbourg, as one of the second six contracted on 14 October 1974.[2] Her keel was laid down on 12 September 1977 and on 5 July 1978, she was launched.[2] Together with Khanjar and Tabarzin, Falakhon was delivered in c.1980, but remained at the shipyard due to an embargo in effect by the French government.[3] France decided to release the three,[4] and all were commissioned into the fleet on 1 August 1981.[2]

Service history

On 1 December 2013, Neyzeh was put into service again after an overhaul that took 30 months.[5] Reportedly, she has been equipped with Gader missiles.[6] In 2014, Khanjar and Neyzeh were deployed for a joint drill with Pakistan Navy in the Gulf of Oman.[7] Between 2–16 October 2018, she was deployed for an anti-piracy mission to the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden, along with her sister Khanjar and support ship Bushehr.[7] On the way back home, they made a port call to Karachi and participated in a two-day joint littoral search and rescue drill with Pakistan Navy.[7] She was among Iranian naval vessels participating in the four-day joint wargame in December 2019, with Russian Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy of China, named 'Marine Security Belt'.[8]

See also

References
  1. Moore, John, ed. (1979). Jane's Fighting Ships 1979–80. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 256. ISBN 0-354-00587-1.
  2. Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, pp. 183–188, ISBN 978-1557501325
  3. Silverstone, Paul H. (1980), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, International Naval Research Organization, 17 (4): 360, JSTOR 44869324
  4. Silverstone, Paul H. (1981), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, International Naval Research Organization, 18 (4): 316–319, JSTOR 44890858
  5. "Iran deploys warships after overhaul", The Associated Press, 1 December 2013
  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), no. 164, Appendix E: IRIN's Long-range Task Forces And Naval Visits Abroad, pp. 64–74, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2020, retrieved 15 July 2020
  8. "Iran, China, Russia Start Joint Naval Drills", Financial Tribune, 27 December 2019, retrieved 5 August 2020


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