Ghaem-class patrol boat

*Ghaem*-class patrol craft
Class overview

Builders	Marine Industries Organization
Operators	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Syrian Navy
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	61 tons full load^[1]
Length	18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)^[1]
Beam	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)^[1]
Draught	1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)^[1]
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × MWM TBD 234 V12 engines, 1,646 horsepower (1.227 MW)^[1] 2 × shafts^[1]
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)^[1]
Complement	10^[1]
Sensors and processing systems	Surface search radar, I-band^[1]
Armament	2 × 7.62mm machine gun^[1] 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon^[1]

The Ghaem (Persian: قائم, lit. 'risen-up', also known as MIG-S-1800)^[1] is a class of general-purpose patrol craft. The vessel is assembled in Iran, by Shahid Joolaee Marine Industries.^[1]

Its primary operators include the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,^[1] as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, which operates them in the Northern Fleet.^[2] Iran has also exported Ghaem-class patrol boats to Syrian Armed Forces.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ 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. 389, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
^ "Iran wraps up naval drill in Caspian Sea", Mehr News Agncy, 6 July 2017
^ Shapir, Yiftah (August 2007), "The Syrian Army Buildup" (PDF), Strategic Assessment, 10 (2), Tel Aviv, Israel: The Institute for National Security Studies

Ship classes of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Coastal warfare vessels

PTGF	Tondar class

Patrol vessels

PB	Ghaem class Pashe class Heidar class
PBFT	Peykaap I class Kajami class Gahjae class Tarlan class
PBFG	Azarakhsh class Peykaap II class Peykaap III class MK13 class
PBF	Ashura class Taregh class Zafar class RIB class Cougar class Seraj class MIL 55 class MIL 40 class Kashdom class Murce class Tir class

Amphibious warfare vessels

LSL	Hormuz 21 class
LST	Hormuz 24 class

Auxiliary ships

AP	Nasser class
HARTH	Shahid Nazeri class <i>Shahid Soleimani</i> class

List of equipment of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Ship classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

Submarines

SSK	Kilo class
SSC	Fateh class
SSW	Nahang class Ghadir class

Principal surface combatants

FFG	Moudge class Alvand class
FSG	Bayandor class

Coastal warfare vessels

PGGF	Kaman class Sina class
PC	Parvin class Kaivan class Hendijan class

Amphibious warfare vessels

LSH	Hengam class
LSL	Karbala class
UCAC	BH.7 class SR.N6 class Tondar class

Auxiliary ships

AWT	Kangan class
AORH	Bandar Abbas class Ol class
AK	Delvar class

Future vessels

List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

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