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Naval support & landing craft1978–present
Auxiliary water tanker
Kangan-class ship is a auxiliary water tanker. It was built by Mazagon Dock, Bombay, India. Reported operators include Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.
IndiaAI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Kangan-class ship; geometry is illustrative. Not evidence for specifications.
ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · ModifiedMazagon Dock, Bombay, India
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
1978–1979; 1991–1992
1978–present
4
2 (verified, at least)
Auxiliary water tanker
9,581 tons deadweight
12,193 tons full load
148 m (485 ft 7 in)
21.5 m (70 ft 6 in)
5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Diesel
1 × MAN 7L 52/55A engine, 7,385 horsepower (5.507 MW) 1 × shaft
15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
9,000 cubic metres (12,000 cu yd)
14
2 × USSR 23mm/80 (twin) 2 × 12.7mm machine guns
Kangan class IRIS Kangan India 411 1978 12,193 tons full-load Southern Fleet
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 148 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Kangan-class ship equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
IranNavy exact named equipment holdings: Kangan. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / AWT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Kangan class. Service scope: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): no.: 411 / no.: 412. Origin: India. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.