Moudge-class frigate

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File:ناوشکن دیلمان.jpg
IRIS Deylaman
Class overview
NameMoudge
Builders
OperatorsFile:Flag of Iran.svg Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Preceded byAlvand class
Built2001–present
In service2010–present
Planned7
Building1
Completed6
Active4 + 1 (modified to a SIGNINT ship)
Lost1
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Displacement1,500 tonnes[1]
Length95 m (311.7 ft)[1]
Beam11.1 m (36.4 ft)[1]
Draught3.25 m (10.7 ft)[1]
Propulsion
  • 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines
  • 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[2]
Speed30 knots (55.6 km/h)[2]
Complement140
Sensors &
processing systems		Asr 3D PESA long-range Radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		2 × 8 tube chaff launcher
Armament
  • Naval guns
  • Surface to air missiles
  • 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
Aircraft carried1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter landing pad

The Moudge or Mowj or Moj (Persian: موج, lit. 'wave') is a class of domestically-produced Iranian light frigates.

History

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A Moudge-class ship was first reported to be under construction in 2001.[3] Warship International wrote in 2008 that four ships of this class were under construction: Mowj (376) launched on 22 February 2007, Jamaran (377) launched on 28 November 2007, as well as Azarakhsh (378) and Tondar (379).[4]

The first ship, Jamaran is said to be completed and is stationed in the port of Bandar Abbas. Damavand is the second ship in this class.[5] According to OSGEOINT, Damavand was constructed at the Shahid Tamjidi Marine Industries (STMI) fabrication shop on the Caspian Sea at Bandar-e Anzali.[6] The frigate was launched in March 2013.[citation needed]

Damavand, based out of Bandar-Anzali on the Caspian Sea, ran aground on a concrete breakwater in the vicinity of its home port on 10 January 2018. It is believed probable that the incident was the result of navigational error, affected by a strong storm in the area, which created high wave heights and low visibility in the area. During the incident, six members of the ship's crew fell overboard. Four of those crew members were later rescued, and two were considered missing by media sources. The Iranian Navy declined to confirm the reporting. There has been little information released in reference to the cause of the grounding, with the exception of statements of wave height and visibility caused by the storm at the time of the grounding.

Damavand is currently listed as actively commissioned. Photos from 2018 show that the ship's hull has broken apart near the waterline approximately at the start of the ship's aircraft deck.[7]

The Iranian Navy commissioned Dena with a ceremony held in Bandar Abbas on 14 June 2021.[8]

Future units of the Modge class are to be equipped with the Sayyad-2 anti-aircraft missiles.[9]

During construction, the frigate Talaiyeh capsized while in dry dock. One member of the Iranian Navy was killed in the incident. No official reports have been released by the Iranian authorities.

Whilst in port at Bandar Abbas Sahand capsized on 7 July 2024 before sinking on 9 July.[10]

Classification

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Iran officially classifies these ships as destroyers, but this is rejected by most navies internationally.[11] Alternatively, they have also been described as destroyer escorts.[12]

Sources differ in specifying the type of the class, either as light frigate or corvette.[13]

Jane's Fighting Ships classifies the class as FFG or frigate[14] while the Military Balance of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), designates the ships in the class as FSGM or corvette.[15]

Ships in the class

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Ship Pennant
number 		Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
Jamaran 76 Naval Factories, Bandar Abbas 2001[3] or 2004[14] 28 November 2007[16] 19 February 2010[14] In active service
Damavand 77 Shahid Tamjidi, Bandar Anzali 2009[14] 28 November 2007[4] 9 March 2015[17] Sunk during storm in the Caspian Sea on January 28, 2018 and scrapped, replacement vessel Deylaman was constructed.
Sahand 74 Naval Factories, Bandar Abbas 2010[14] 18 September 2012[18] 1 December 2018[19] Sunk on 9 July 2024, then on 29 November 2025, IRIS Sahand was recommissioned after reconstruction and repair
Dena 75 Shahid Darvishi, Bandar Abbas 2012[14] 2015[14] 13 June 2021[8] In active service
Deylaman 78 Shahid Tamjidi, Bandar Anzali 2017 Unknown 27 November 2023[20] Replacement vessel instead of Damavand,[21] in active service.
Zagros (ex-Talaieh) 313 Naval Factories, Bandar Abbas 2013[14] 2016[14] 15 January 2025[22] Converted to a SIGINT ship after significant damage in an accident during construction; in active service
Taftan TBA Shahid Darvishi, Bandar Abbas 2014[14] 2017[14] Unknown Under construction[23]

See also

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