*Hengam*-class landing ship
Class overview

Builders	Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited, Clyde
Operators	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Built	1972–1974; 1977–1984
In service	1974–present
Planned	6
Completed	4
Cancelled	2
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Landing Ship Heavy
Displacement	2,581 tons full load
Length	93 m (305 ft 1 in)
Beam	15 m (49 ft 3 in)
Draught	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	Diesel
Speed	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	80

Hengam (Persian: هنگام) is a class of Landing Ship Heavy built by the Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited and operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

Ships in the class

Ships of the class are:

Ship	Namesake	Hull number	Laid down^[1]	Launched^[1]	Commissioned^[2]	Status
IRIS Hengam	Hengam Island	511	late 1972	29 September 1973	12 August 1974	In service
IRIS Larak	Larak Island	512	1973	7 May 1974	12 November 1974	In service
IRIS Tonb	Tonb Islands	513	Unknown	27 February 1979	21 February 1985	In service
IRIS Lavan	Lavan Island	514	6 February 1978	6 December 1979	16 January 1985	In service

See also

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, p. 186
^ Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, p. 393

Sources

Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, pp. 183–188, ISBN 978-1557501325
Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, pp. 382–395, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075

Ship classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

SSK	Kilo class
SSC	Fateh class
SSW	Nahang class Ghadir class

Principal surface combatants

FFG	Moudge class Alvand class
FSG	Bayandor class

Coastal warfare vessels

PGGF	Kaman class Sina class
PC	Parvin class Kaivan class Hendijan class

Amphibious warfare vessels

LSH	Hengam class
LSL	Karbala class
UCAC	BH.7 class SR.N6 class Tondar class

Auxiliary ships

AWT	Kangan class
AORH	Bandar Abbas class Ol class
AK	Delvar class

Future vessels

List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

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