Iranian missile boat Paykan (2003)

For the Automobile see Paykan.
For the Iranian football club based in Tehran, see Paykan Tehran F.C.

History
Iran
Name: Paykan
Builder: Iran
Laid down: Unknown
Launched: Unknown
In service: 29 September 2003
Status: In service as of 2007
General characteristics
Class and type: Kaman/Sina class missile boat
Displacement: 275 tons full load
Length: 47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam: 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draught: 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 4 diesels, 4 shafts, 14,400 bhp (10,700 kW)
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement: 31
Armament:
  • (2) or (4) C-802 surface-to-surface missiles
  • (1) Fajr-27 76 mm DP (OTO Melara) gun
  • (1) 40 mm anti-aircraft gun

The Iranian missile boat Paykan (Persian: پيکان‎‎) is an Iranian-made Kaman/Sina class missile boat. The Sina class is nearly identical to the Kaman class and Paykan and Joshan are both often referred to as members of the Kaman class.

Design

Paykan was Iran's first self-made missile boat and is equipped with 2 or 4 C802 SSM anti-ship missiles, 1 Fajr-27 76 mm dual-purpose gun and 1 40 mm anti-aircraft gun.

Paykan was built in memory of the original Paykan, that sank three Iraqi Navy Osa II boats in 1980 during Operation Morvarid,[1] it also has the same pennant number as the original one.

References

  1. ↑ Muffin, Tom. "Operation Moravid". iinavy.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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