Historical Iranian Navy Vessels
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Destroyers
- Damavand (Ex-Artemiz) (1966-199?), used to be the British HMS Sluys (D60)HMS Sluys (D60)HMS Sluys was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was named in honour of the Battle of Sluys which occurred in 1340 during the Hundred Year's War, and which resulted in a decisive English victory over a French fleet. Sluys was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead...
, it was sold to IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
in 1966 and retired in the early 1990s - Babr, used to be the American USS Zellars (DD-777)USS Zellars (DD-777)USS Zellars , an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Thomas Edward Zellars, a lieutenant in the United States Navy who served on the Mississippi . On 12 June 1924, Thomas Zellars and 47 other crew members died in a firing accident...
(1973–1994), it was sold to Iran in 1973 and is non-operational since 1994 - Palang, used to be the American, USS Stormes (DD-780)USS Stormes (DD-780)USS Stormes , an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander Max Clifford Stormes, who was killed in action during the night of 14 and 15 November 1942, when Preston was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Comdr...
(1972-199?), it was sold to Iran in 1972 and retired in the 1990s
Frigates
- Iranian frigate SahandIranian frigate SahandIranian frigate Sahand , a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate , was commissioned as part of a four-ship order. The ship was originally called Faramarz, named after a character in Ferdosi's Shahnameh...
(1971–1988): Sunk by U.S. warships and aircraft in 1988 in U.S. Operation Praying MantisOperation Praying MantisOperation Praying Mantis was an attack on April 18, 1988, by U.S. naval forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran Iraq war and the subsequent damage to an American warship....
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Corvettes
- Iranian Corvette Milanian, used to be the American PF-105, In service
- Iranian Corvette Kahnamuie, used to be the American PF-106, In service
Minelayers
- Iran AjrIran AjrIran Ajr, formerly known as the Arya Rakhsh, was a Japanese-built landing craft used by Iran to lay naval mines during the Iran–Iraq War. Built in 1978, the 614-ton, 54-meter ship was powered by two diesel engines and featured a bow ramp for unloading cargo...
(1978–1987): Seized and scuttled by U.S. Navy SEALs in the 1987 U.S. Operation Prime ChanceOperation Prime ChanceOperation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will , the largely Navy effort to escort the tankers...
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Gun Boats
- Babr gunboat (1932–1941): Sunk by HMAS YarraHMAS Yarra (U77)HMAS Yarra , named for the Yarra River, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. Commissioned in 1936, Yarra spent the early part of the war in Australian waters, then was transferred to the East Indies Station in 1940...
on 25 August 1941 in KhorramshahrKhorramshahrKhorramshahr is a city in and the capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 123,866, in 26,385 families.Khorramshahr is a port city located approximately north of Abadan...
. - Palang gunboat (1932–1941): Sunk by HMS Shoreham on 25 August 1941 in Abadan.
- Paykan gunboat (1978–1980) : Sunk in Operation MorvaridOperation MorvaridOperation Morvarid was an operation launched by the Iranian Navy and Iranian Air Force against the Iraqi Navy and Air Force on 28 November 1980 in response to Iraq positioning radar and monitoring equipment on the Al-Bakr and Khor-al-Amaya oil rigs to counter Iranian air operations...
on 29 November 1980 by Iraqi forces. - Joshan gunboat (1978–1988) : Sunk in Operation Praying MantisOperation Praying MantisOperation Praying Mantis was an attack on April 18, 1988, by U.S. naval forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran Iraq war and the subsequent damage to an American warship....
on 18 April 1988 by US forces.