Ashura-class speedboat

Ashura-class speedboat
Ashura-class speedboat
Class overview
Builders:	Marine Industries Organization
Operators:	Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Islamic Republic of Iran Navy; Sudanese Armed Forces;
General characteristics
Type:	Fast patrol boat
Displacement:	1 ton full load
Length:	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Beam:	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Draught:	0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)
Installed power:	Diesel
Propulsion:	2 × outboard engines, 240 horsepower (0.18 MW);
Speed:	40 knots (74 km/h) (estimate)
Complement:	4
Armament:	Various, including:; 1 × 12.7mm machine gun; 1 × 107mm 12-barelled MRL;

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]

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]

Export[]

From 1992 to 1994, Sudan purchased at least seven Ashura boats from Iran.^[3]

References[]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds (2015). "IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016". Coulsdon: IHS Jane's. p. 391. ISBN 9780710631435. OCLC 919022075.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Haghshenass, Fariborz (September 2008). "Iran’s Asymmetric Naval Warfare". Washington Institute for Near East Policy. p. 12. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus87.pdf.
↑ Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds (2015). "IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016". Coulsdon: IHS Jane's. p. 792. ISBN 9780710631435. OCLC 919022075.

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[Janes-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds (2015). "IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016". Coulsdon: IHS Jane's. p. 391. ISBN 9780710631435. OCLC 919022075.

[Haghshenass-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Haghshenass, Fariborz (September 2008). "Iran’s Asymmetric Naval Warfare". Washington Institute for Near East Policy. p. 12. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus87.pdf.

[3] Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds (2015). "IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016". Coulsdon: IHS Jane's. p. 792. ISBN 9780710631435. OCLC 919022075.

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