Bandar_Abbas-class_replenishment_ship Knowpia

Class overview
Builders	C. Lühring Yard, Brake, Lower Saxony
Operators	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Built	1972–1974
In service	1974–present
Completed	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Fleet supply ship
Tonnage	3,237 tons GT; 3,302 tons DWT;
Displacement	4,748 tons full load
Length	108 m (354 ft 4 in)
Beam	16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × MAN 6L 52/55 engines, 12,060 horsepower (8.99 MW); 2 × shafts;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	59
Armament	3 × GAM-B01 20mm; 2 × 12.7mm machine guns;
Aircraft carried	1 helicopter
Aviation facilities	1 telescopic hangar

Bandar Abbas (Persian: بندرعباس) is a class that includes a pair of fleet supply ships operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

Ships in the class edit

Ship	Pennant number	Launched	Commissioned	Status
Bandar Abbas	421	11^[1] or 14^[2] August 1973	April 1974^[1]	In Service
Bushehr	422	22^[2] or 23^[1] March 1974	November 1974^[1]	In Service

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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, p. 389, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
^ ^a ^b Couhat, Jean Labayle, ed. (1986), Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, p. 255, ISBN 0-85368-860-5