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Class overview | |
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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 | 90 knots (170 km/h) (estimate) [1] [2] |
Complement | 4 [1] |
Armament |
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The Ashura ( Persian: عاشورا, also known as MIG-G-0800) [1] is a class of fast patrol boat used by naval forces of Iran. [3] 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 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. [3]
From 1992 to 1994, Sudan purchased at least seven Ashura boats from Iran. [4]