Kaivan-class patrol craft
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Kaivan-class vessels.jpg |Ship image size=220px}} {{Infobox ship class overview |Builders=USCG, Curtis Bay |Operators=Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Built range= |In service range=1956–present |Total ships planned= |Total ships on order= |Total ships building= |Total ships completed=4 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active=3 |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost=1 |Total ships retired= |Total ships scrapped= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship type=Large patrol craft |Ship displacement=
|Ship length={{convert|28.9|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|6.2|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|1.8 |
| 2|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=Diesel |Ship propulsion=*2 or 4 × NYHMS-1200 engines, {{convert|2,120|hp|MW}}
|Ship speed={{convert|15 |
| 21|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
|Ship range=*{{convert|2,324|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|8|kn|km/h}}
|Ship complement=15 |Ship notes= }} |
The Kaivan ({{langx|fa|کیوان}}) is a class of large patrol craft operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. The ships in this class are modified versions of the American Cape-class vessels, built by the United States Coast Guard Yard in the 1950s.
Design
Sources cite displacement of Kaivan class vessels slightly different. According to Jane's Fighting Ships, the ships have a standard displacement of {{convert|100|t|LT|lk=out}} and {{convert|150|t|LT|abbr=on}} at full load. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships puts the numbers at {{convert|98|t|LT|lk=out}} and {{convert|148|t|LT|lk=out}} for standard and full load displacements respectively. Combat Fleets of the World mentions only {{convert|85|t|LT|lk=out}}.{{citation|editor-last=Couhat|editor-first=Jean Labayle|year=1986|url=https://archive.org/details/CombatFleetsOfTheWorld198687|url-access=registration|title=Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=0-85368-860-5|page=255}} The class design is {{convert|28.9|m|abbr=on}} long, would have a beam of {{convert|6.2|m|abbr=on}} and a draft of {{convert|2|m|abbr=on}}. The length is also recorded {{convert|29|m|abbr=on}}.
Ships in the class
The ships in the class are:{{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|page=389|isbn=9780710631435|oclc=919022075}}{{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=187}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Ship
! Status |
|---|
| {{Ship|IRIS|Kaivan|201|6}}
| 201 (ex-61) | 14 January 1956 | In active service |
| {{Ship|IRIS|Tiran|202|6}}
| 202 (ex-62) | 1957 | In active service |
| {{Ship|IRIS|Mehran|203|6}}
| 203 (ex-63) | 1959 | Sunk in 1980 or 1981 |
| {{Ship|IRIS|Mahan|204|6}}
| 204 (ex-64) | 1959 | In active service |
References
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{{Ship classes of the Iranian Navy}}