19.03.2023, 07:49
Die Iraner haben ein weiteres, großes Schiff in Dienst genommen. Nach gegenwärtigem Stand ein Umbau eines ehem. Containerschiffes, wobei das rund 240 Meter lange Schiff wohl eine Art Mischung aus einer Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB), einem Helikopterträger und einem Drohnen-Träger darstellen soll. Das seit Mai 2022 eingedockte und umgebaute Schiff trägt vermutlich containerisierte Seeziel-FK und Khordad/Sayyad-2-SAMs...
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Zitat:IRGC Takes Delivery of Warship Based on a Panamax Boxshiphttps://maritime-executive.com/article/i...ax-boxship
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has taken delivery of a lightly-converted container ship, which it will deploy in service as an expeditionary base ship.
Until recently, the newly-delivered Shahid Mahdavi was the IRISL container ship Sarvin. Sarvin (ex name Sarita, Dandle, Twelfth Ocean, Iran Isfahan) is a 23-year-old Panamax boxship with a nominal capacity of 3,300 TEU. She was transferred from the government-owned container line for use as a mobile logistics platform for military purposes and repainted in haze gray. [...]
The base ship idea has already been taken up by the Iranian Navy, which converted an Aframax tanker into the giant "forward base ship" Makran in 2021. At 105,000 dwt, the Makran ranks among the largest naval vessels in the world by tonnage. Not to be outdone, the IRGC is converting two Panamax boxships into base ships of its own. In January, photos analyzed by H.I. Sutton appear to indicate that one of these ships is being fitted with a giant, overhanging deck on her port side, potentially for use in launching attack drones - an Iranian specialty. [...]
According to state outlet Tasnim, the Mahdavi is fitted with 3D radar, missile systems, antiship missiles and the Sevom Khordad truck-mounted air defense missile system, Iran's best medium-range SAM system.
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