IRIS Neyzeh
1981 Iranian fast attack craft
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IRIS Neyzeh (Persian: نیزه, lit. 'Spear') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.
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| Name | Neyzeh |
| Namesake | Neyzeh |
| Operator | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
| Ordered | 14 October 1974 |
| Builder | Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 12 September 1977 |
| Launched | 5 July 1978 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1981 |
| Refit | 2011–2013 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Kaman-class fast attack craft |
| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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| Notes | As reported by Jane's (1979)[1] |
Construction and commissioning
Neyzeh was built by French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie at Cherbourg, as one of the second six contracted on 14 October 1974.[2] Her keel was laid down on 12 September 1977 and on 5 July 1978, she was launched.[2] Together with Khanjar and Tabarzin, Falakhon was delivered in c.1980, but remained at the shipyard due to an embargo in effect by the French government.[3] France decided to release the three,[4] and all were commissioned into the fleet on 1 August 1981.[2]
Service history
On 1 December 2013, Neyzeh was put into service again after an overhaul that took 30 months.[5] Reportedly, she has been equipped with Gader missiles.[6] In 2014, Khanjar and Neyzeh were deployed for a joint drill with Pakistan Navy in the Gulf of Oman.[7] Between 2–16 October 2018, she was deployed for an anti-piracy mission to the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden, along with her sister Khanjar and support ship Bushehr.[7] On the way back home, they made a port call to Karachi and participated in a two-day joint littoral search and rescue drill with Pakistan Navy.[7] She was among Iranian naval vessels participating in the four-day joint wargame in December 2019, with Russian Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy of China, named 'Marine Security Belt'.[8]
