Hengam-class landing ship

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| infobox caption = Hengam-class landing ship

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Builders = Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited, Clyde

| Operators = Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

| Built range = 1972–1974; 1977–1984

| In service range = 1974–present

| Total ships planned = 6

| Total ships completed = 4

| Total ships cancelled = 2

| Total ships active = 4

| Total ships lost =

| Total ships retired =

| Total ships scrapped =

| Total ships preserved =

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

| Ship type = Landing Ship Heavy

| Ship displacement = 2,581 tons full load

| Ship length = {{convert|93|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|15|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| Ship draught = {{convert|2.4|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| Ship power = Diesel

| Ship speed = {{convert|14.5|kn|km/h}}

| Ship range = {{convert|4,000|nmi|km}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}}

| Ship complement = 80

| Ship notes =

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Hengam ({{langx|fa|هنگام}}) is a class of Landing Ship Heavy built by the Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited and operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. A total of 6 ships were originally planned but eventually last two were cancelled. Each of the four ships in service in the class is named after a namesake island inside Iranian territorial waters, namely Hengam Island, Larak Island, Tonb Islands, and Lavan Island respectively.

Ships in the class

Ships of the class are:

class="wikitable"
Ship

! Namesake

! Hull number

! Laid down

! Launched{{harvnb|Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships|1947–1995|page=186}}

! Commissioned{{harvnb|Jane's Fighting Ships|2015–2016|page=393}}

! Status

{{Ship|IRIS|Hengam|511|6}}

| Hengam Island

| 511

| late 1972

| 29 September 1973

| 12 August 1974

| In service

{{Ship|IRIS|Larak|512|6}}

| Larak Island

| 512

|1973

|7 May 1974

|12 November 1974

| In service

{{Ship|IRIS|Tonb|513|6}}

| Tonb Islands

| 513

|Unknown

|27 February 1979

|21 February 1985

| In service

{{Ship|IRIS|Lavan|514|6}}

| Lavan Island

| 514

|6 February 1978

|6 December 1979

|16 January 1985

| In service

See also

References

=Footnotes=

{{Reflist}}

= Sources =

  • {{citation|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|chapter=Iran|editor-first1=Robert|editor-last1=Gardiner|editor-first2=Stephen|editor-last2=Chumbley|editor-first3=Przemysaw|editor-last3=Budzbon|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|year=1996|isbn=978-1557501325|pages=183–188|ref={{harvid|Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships|1947–1995}}}}
  • {{citation|editor1-last= Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor2-last=Philpott|editor2-first=Tom|chapter=Iran|title=IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016|publisher =IHS Jane's|location=Coulsdon|date=2015|edition=116th Revised|series=Jane's Fighting Ships|pages=382–395|ISBN=9780710631435|OCLC=919022075|ref={{harvid|Jane's Fighting Ships|2015–2016}}}}

{{Ship classes of the Iranian Navy}}

Category:Amphibious warfare vessel classes

Category:Ships built in Scotland

Category:Ship classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

Category:Amphibious warfare vessels of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

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