Badr-class corvette vs Moudge-class frigate

Badr-class corvette — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Badr-class corvette

Corvette

Credit

Petty Officer 3rd Class Louis Staats · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BWarships

Moudge-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

Tasnim News Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Badr-class corvetteLength

75 m

Length source ↗

Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Badr-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 5

Speed+1%

Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 4 of 5

Length+27%
Beam+16%
Draught+22%
Complement+87%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

75m

95m

Length+27%

All recorded figures & sources

75 m

Length

Single source

245 ft (75 m)^[source]

95 m

Length

Single source

95 m (311 ft 8 in)^[source]

9.6m

11.1m

Beam+16%

All recorded figures & sources

9.6 m

Beam

Single source

31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)^[source]

11.1 m

Beam

Single source

11.1 m (36 ft 5 in)^[source]

2.67m

3.25m

Draught+22%

All recorded figures & sources

2.67 m

Draught

Single source

8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)^[source]

3.25 m

Draught

Single source

3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)^[source]

1,055tFull load · as completed, 1995

1,500t

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

1,055 tonnes

Full load · as completed, 1995

Single source

917 tonnes

Standard · as completed, 1995

Single source

1,038 tons^[source]

903 long tons (917 t) standard^[source]

1,038 long tons (1,055 t) full load in 1995^[source]

1,500 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

1,500 tonnes^[source]

140

Complement+87%

All recorded figures & sources

75 people

Complement

Single source

75^[source]

140 people

Complement

Single source

140^[source]

56km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+1%

All recorded figures & sources

56 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)^[source]

55.6 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

30 knots (55.6 km/h)^[source]

7,400kmat 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)

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Range

All recorded figures & sources

7,400 km

at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Single source

4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Badr-class corvette and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	Badr-class corvette	Moudge-class frigate
Power	1 GE LM-2500 gas turbine^[source]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Name	Badr class^[source]	Moudge^[source]
Builders	Tacoma Boatbuilding Company , Tacoma, Washington , United States^[source]	Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]
Operators	Royal Saudi Navy^[source]	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]
In commission	1981–present^[source]	—
Building	4^[source]	1^[source]
Completed	4^[source]	6^[source]
Active	4^[source]	0?^[source]
Type	Corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]
Propulsion	2 MTU 12V652 TB91 diesels^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	Radars Lockheed SPS-40B (Air search) ISC Cardion SPS-55 (surface search) Sperry Mk 92 (fire control) Sonar Hull-mounted Raytheon SQS-56 (DE1164)^[source]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	SQ-32(V)1 ESM^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]
Armament	Eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon launchers, 2 × 4 One FMC/OTO Melara 3-inch (76 mm)/62 Mk 75 Mod 0 gun One GE/GD 20 mm 6-barrel Vulcan Phalanx Two Oerlikon 20 mm/80 cannon One 81 mm mortar One 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher Six 324 mm US Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) Honeywell Mk 46 Decoys: Two Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrel Mk 36 fixed launchers^[source]	Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes^[source]
Country of origin	Saudi Arabia^[source]	—
Preceded by	—	Alvand class^[source]
Built	—	2001–present^[source]
In service	—	2010–present^[source]
Planned	—	7^[source]
Lost	—	6 (1 unconfirmed)^[source]
Aircraft carried	—	1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter^[source]
Aviation facilities	—	Helicopter landing pad^[source]

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Badr-class corvette

Moudge-class frigate

Power

1 GE LM-2500 gas turbine^[source]

2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]

Name

Badr class^[source]

Moudge^[source]

Builders

Tacoma Boatbuilding Company , Tacoma, Washington , United States^[source]

Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]

Operators

Royal Saudi Navy^[source]

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]

In commission

1981–present^[source]

—

Building

Completed

Active

0?^[source]

Type

Corvette^[source]

Frigate^[source]

Propulsion

2 MTU 12V652 TB91 diesels^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

Radars Lockheed SPS-40B (Air search) ISC Cardion SPS-55 (surface search) Sperry Mk 92 (fire control) Sonar Hull-mounted Raytheon SQS-56 (DE1164)^[source]

Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

SQ-32(V)1 ESM^[source]

2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]

Armament

Eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon launchers, 2 × 4 One FMC/OTO Melara 3-inch (76 mm)/62 Mk 75 Mod 0 gun One GE/GD 20 mm 6-barrel Vulcan Phalanx Two Oerlikon 20 mm/80 cannon One 81 mm mortar One 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher Six 324 mm US Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) Honeywell Mk 46 Decoys: Two Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrel Mk 36 fixed launchers^[source]

Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes^[source]

Country of origin

Saudi Arabia^[source]

—

Preceded by

—

Alvand class^[source]

Built

—

2001–present^[source]

In service

—

2010–present^[source]

Planned

—

7^[source]

Lost

—

6 (1 unconfirmed)^[source]

Aircraft carried

—

1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter^[source]

Aviation facilities

—

Helicopter landing pad^[source]