Ashura-class speedboat

The Ashura (Persian: عاشورا‎, also known as MIG-G-0800)[1] is a class of fast patrol boat used by naval forces of Iran.[2] It is a Boston Whaler type vessel based on a Watercraft UK design, and is manufactured domestically with hulls made of glass-reinforced plastic.[1]

Ashura-class speedboat
Class overview
Builders: Marine Industries Organization
Operators:
General characteristics
Type: Fast patrol boat
Displacement: 1 ton full load[1]
Length: 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)[1]
Beam: 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)[1]
Draught: 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)[1]
Installed power: Diesel
Propulsion: 2 × outboard engines, 240 horsepower (0.18 MW)[1]
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h) (estimate)[1]
Complement: 4[1]
Armament:

Types

Ashura speedboats are able to carry various guns, including heavy machine guns and multiple rocket launchers.[1] There are versions with installed ZU-23-2 autocannon, DShK machine gun, and modified to carry a single naval mine.[2]

  • Minelayer version
  • Trooper version
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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. 391, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
  2. Haghshenass, Fariborz (September 2008), Iran’s Asymmetric Naval Warfare (PDF) (Policy Focus), Washington Institute for Near East Policy, p. 12
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