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Abu Mahdi al Muhandis-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 3
German frigate Nordrhein-Westfalenlarger figure on 3 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source48.0 m (157 ft 6 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Abu Mahdi al Muhandis-class corvette | German frigate Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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| Power | Diesel engine[source] | CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source] |
| Builders | Shahid Mahallati Shipyard, Bushehr[source] | — |
| Operators | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] | — |
| Built | 2021–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2023–present |
149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
standard crew: 110
Single source190 (standard crew: 110)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Missile corvette[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 4 × engines[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 14 days[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Radars and latest electronics[source] | 1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Unknown EW 2 × Chaff dispensers[source] | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 30 mm auto-canon 2A42 4 × 20 mm gatling guns (3 barrelled) 6 × Anti-ship cruise missiles 8 × surface to air missiles Kosar[source] | Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/ CIWS , 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | VTOL drones[source] | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] |
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| Country of origin | Iran[source] | Germany[source]German frigate Nordrhein-Westfalen · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification |
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| Name | — | Nordrhein-Westfalen[source] |
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| Namesake | — | Nordrhein-Westfalen[source] |
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| Port of registry | — | Hamburg , Germany[source] |
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| Builder | — | Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 24 October 2012[source] |
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| Launched | — | 16 April 2015[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 10 June 2020[source] |
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| Identification | — | MMSI number : 211921000 Callsign : DRAE Pennant number : F223[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Baden-Württemberg -class frigate[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)[source] |
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| Capacity | — | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] |
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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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