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Operators | Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Built | 1985–1986 |
Completed | 3 |
Active | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Landing ship, tank |
Displacement | 2,046 tons full load |
Length | 73.1 m (239 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Installed power | Diesel |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Iran Hormoz 24 (Persian: ایران هرمز ۲۴) is a classoflanding ship tank operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The vessels were built at a shipyard in Inchon, South Korea between 1985 and 1986.[1] The vessels are reportedly registered as merchant ships in official documents.[1] All three were launched on 20 December 1985, and were given placeholder names Hormoz 24, Hormoz 25 and Hormoz 26.[2]
Having 110 spare berthings, Hormoz 24 vessels are able to carry 9 tanks or 140 troops.[1]
The vessels of this class in IRGC service are:[1]
Ship | Namesake | Hull number | Status |
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Farsi | Farsi Island | 24 | In service |
Sardasht | Sardasht | 25 | In service |
Sab Sahel | Unknown | 26 | In service |
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