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Minerva-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 3
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
LOA
Single source87 m (285 ft) LOA[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Minerva-class corvette | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | - 2 x shaft - 2 x Diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BM-230.20 DVM outputting 11.000 hp (8.203 kW) - 4 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-12V, 2.600 kW (3.487 hp), with Ansaldo MXR 400 M6Z electric generators[source] | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Minerva class[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builders | Fincantieri[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | Italian Navy (retired) Bangladesh Coast Guard (active) |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Single source3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source] |
| In commission | 1987[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active | 4 (as OPV)[source] | 0?[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Corvette[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Depth | 5.5 m (18 ft)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | - 1 x Selenia AA/ASu-Radar SPS-774 (RAN 10S) E/F Band - 1 x SMA SPS-728 Navigation radar - 1 x Selenia Fire control SPG-75 (RTN 30X) for Albatros and 76mm - 1 x Sonar Raythron/Elsag DE-1167 - CMS Selenia IPN-10 (Mini-SADOC), Link 11 - ASW AN/SLQ-25 Nixie[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | - ESM/ECM Selenia SLQ-747 (INS-3) - 2 x Wallop Defence Systems Barricade decoy launchers[source] | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Armament | - 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm Gun - 2 x OTO Melara 25/80 guns with Oerlikon KBA 25mm - 1 x Sea Sparrow or Selenia Aspide in an 8-cell launcher - 2 × triple 324 mm TLS ASW torpedoes - 4 heavy machine guns[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] |
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| Preceded by | — | Alvand class[source] |
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| Built | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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