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Bayandor 1978

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
بایندر [Bayandor]	F25, 1976- 81		Levingston SB, Orange, USA	20.8.1962	7.7.1963	15.5.1964	in service (2019)
نقدی [Naghdi]	F26, 1976- 82		Levingston SB, Orange, USA	12.9.1962	10.10.1963	22.7.1964	in service (2019)
میلانیان [Milanian]	F27, 1976- 83		Levingston SB, Orange, USA	1.5.1967	4.1.1968	13.2.1969	sunk 1982
کهنمویی [Kahnamuie]	F28, 1976- 84		Levingston SB, Orange, USA	12.6.1967	4.4.1968	13.2.1969	sunk 1982

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	900
Displacement full, t	1135
Length, m	83.8
Breadth, m	10.0
Draught, m	3.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 Fairbanks-Morse 38D81/8-10 diesels
Power, h. p.	6000
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 110
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(15)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60)
Electronic equipment	SPS-6C, SPG-34, Raytheon 1650 radars, SQS-17 sonar
Complement	140

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Project history

Transferred from the USA to Iran under Mutual Assistance Programme (MDAP). Built in two phases, five years apart. Design similar to the Italian-built Pattimura class built for Indonesia. Sometimes classified as corvettes. Named after naval officers killed in action with the British in 1941.

Modernizations

1980s, both survived: - 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL; + 1 x 2 - 23/87 ZU-23-2

1990, both survived: - 1 x 2 - 23/87, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, SPG-34 radar; + 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B-01, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, Decca 1226 radar

2009, Naghdi; 2013, Bayandor: - 2 x 1 - 76/50; + 2 x 2 C-802 Noor SSM (4 C-802), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 3 - 324 TT

Naval service

Two ships were lost during Iran-Iraq war in 1982: Milanian was bombed and Kahnamoui was sunk by missiles launched from helicopters.