Hormuz 24-class landing ship

*Hormoz 24*-class landing ship
Class overview
Operators	Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Built	1985–1986
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Landing ship, tank
Displacement	2,046 tons full load
Length	73.1 m (239 ft 10 in)
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × Daihatsu 6DLM-22 engines, 2,400 horsepower (1.8 MW); 2 × shafts;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)

Iran Hormoz 24 (Persian: ایران هرمز ۲۴) is a class of landing ship tank operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

History

The vessels were built at a shipyard in Inchon, South Korea between 1985 and 1986. The vessels are reportedly registered as merchant ships in official documents. All three were launched on 20 December 1985, and were given placeholder names Hormoz 24, Hormoz 25 and Hormoz 26.

Description

Having 110 spare berthings, Hormoz 24 vessels are able to carry 9 tanks or 140 troops.

Ships in the class

The vessels of this class in IRGC service are:

Ship	Namesake	Hull number	Status
Farsi	Farsi Island	24	In service
Sardasht	Sardasht	25	In service
Sab Sahel	Unknown	26	In service

References

1 2 3 4 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. 392, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
↑ Silverstone, Paul H. (1987), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 24 (1), International Naval Research Organization: 70, JSTOR 44889099

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[Janes-1] 1 2 3 4 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. 392, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075

[2] Silverstone, Paul H. (1987), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 24 (1), International Naval Research Organization: 70, JSTOR 44889099