IRIS Kaman (P221)

Kaman (Persian: کمان‎, lit. 'Bow') is a fast attack craft in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy and the lead ship of her class.

History
Iran
Name:	Kaman
Namesake:	Kaman
Operator:	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ordered:	19 February 1974
Builder:	Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg
Laid down:	5 February 1975
Launched:	8 January 1976
Commissioned:	12 August 1977
Status:	In service
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Kaman-class fast attack craft
Displacement:	249 tons standart 275 tons full load
Length:	47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam:	7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draft:	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Installed power:	4 × MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels, 14,400 brake horsepower (10.7 MW)
Propulsion:	4 × shafts
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h)
Range:	2,000 miles (3,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 700 miles (1,100 km) at 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h)
Complement:	30
Armament:	4 × Harpoon (single cell) 1 × 76mm/65 (single compact) 1 × 40mm/70 Bofors
Notes:	As reported by Jane's (1979)[1]

Construction and commissioning

Zoubin was built by French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie at Cherbourg, as one of the first six contracted on 19 February 1974.[2] Her keel was laid down on 5 February 1975 and on 8 January 1976, she was launched.[2] Falakhon was commissioned into the fleet on 12 August 1977.[2]

Service history

During Iran-Iraq War, her home port was Bushehr Naval Base.[3]

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. Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix D, Table D6, p. 528. ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8.