Shahid Soleimani-class corvette

Basic information

Type:

Corvette

Operators:

Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Country of build:

Iran

Builder:

Shahid Mahallati Shipyard

Planned:

Completed:

In service:

2022 – present (2 years)

Ship measurements

Displacement:

600 t

Length:

65 m

Beam:

14.5 m

Machine

Propulsion:

Diesel engine
4 * engines

Speed:

32 knots

Range:

5,000 nmi (9,300 km)

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:

3 * fast attack boats

Electronics:

Radars and latest electronics
Unknown EW
2 * Chaff dispensers

Armament:

1 * 30 mm auto-canon
4 * 20 mm gatling guns (3 barrelled)
6 * Anti-ship cruise missiles (4 long-range, 2 mid-range)
16 * surface to air missiles (Sayad2/3 and a short-range SAM
6 * Surface to surface missiles (Abu-Mahdi SSM)

Aircraft:

1 * helicopter

Shahid Soleimani-class corvette is 65 m long, and its design has been compared to the Chinese Type 22 missile boat and the Taiwanese Tuo Chiang class.

At least three were confirmed to be under construction through commercial satellite imagery as of April 2021, one at the Shahid Mahallati Shipyard in Bushehr, one in Qeshm Island and the other at small boatyard near Bandar Abbas.

A high-aspect-ratio twin-hull vessel (acronymed HARTH) refers to a certain design of catamaran vessels with small waterplane area. These vessels are built and used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran. Such design is considered relatively rare in military usage.

The design of vessels is being described as looking «almost like a pond skater» because of the superstructure sitting above tall legs.

Due to the large length of the hulls in the water (also known as pontoons) and also the high height of the deck above the surface, it has a high length-to-width ratio (and is thus called high-aspect-ratio).

This design enables small speedboats to move under the ship, which can technically make certain tactical scenarios possible. The structure is made of aluminum.