Bandar Abbas-class replenishment ship

Bandar Abbas (Persian: بندرعباس‎) is a class that includes a pair of fleet supply ships operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

Class overview
Builders:	C. Lühring Yard, Brake, Lower Saxony
Operators:	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Built:	1972–1974
In service:	1974–present
Completed:	2
Active:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Fleet supply ship
Tonnage:	3,237 tons GT 3,302 tons DWT
Displacement:	4,748 tons full load
Length:	108 m (354 ft 4 in)
Beam:	16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Draught:	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Installed power:	Diesel
Propulsion:	2 × MAN 6L 52/55 engines, 12,060 horsepower (8.99 MW) 2 × shafts
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement:	59
Armament:	3 × GAM-B01 20mm 2 × 12.7mm machine guns
Aircraft carried:	1 helicopter
Aviation facilities:	1 telescopic hangar

Ships in the class

Ship	Pennant number	Launched	Commissioned	Status
Bandar Abbas	421	11[1] or 14[2] August 1973	April 1974[1]	In Service
Bushehr	422	22[2] or 23[1] March 1974	November 1974[1]	In Service

References

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. Couhat, Jean Labayle, ed. (1986), Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, p. 255, ISBN 0-85368-860-5