The Iranian missile boat Paykan (Persian: پيکان) is an Iranian-made Sina-class fast attack craft. 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.

History
Iran
NamePaykan
BuilderIran
In service29 September 2003
Identification
StatusIn service as of 2007
General characteristics
Class and typeSina-class fast attack craft
Displacement275 tons full load
Length47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draught2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Propulsion4 diesels, 4 shafts, 14,400 bhp (10,700 kW)
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement31
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

Design

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Paykan was Iran's first self-made missile boat and is equipped with two or four C802 SSM anti-ship missiles, one Fajr-27 76 mm dual-purpose gun and one 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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Muffin, Tom. "Operation Moravid". iinavy.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
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