Martyr Soleimani-Class Vessels in the IRGC Navy

The 4th vessel of the Martyr Soleimani-class of the IRGC Navy is called the Martyr Rais-Ali Delvari, which will be unveiled simultaneously with the 19th Great Prophet (PBUH) maneuver.

News ID: 85582

Date: 07 January 2025 - 13:56

TEHRAN (Defapress) - In September 2022, the first double-hulled ship (catamaran) of the IRGC Navy, which was built at the Shahid Mahallati Marine Industrial Institute in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, joined the IRGC Navy during a ceremony attended by Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.

This double-hulled vessel, named "Martyr Soleimani" with hull number FS313-01, has features such as an angular design to minimize the radar cross-section, the major use of aluminum and non-steel alloys in the hull, being equipped with vertical launch silos for defensive and anti-ship missiles for the first time in Iran, being equipped with cruise missiles with a range of 700 kilometers and more, the ability to carry 3 light missile launchers in a hangar under the floating pad, and being equipped with a flare that has 24 magazines to deflect enemy missiles.

The successful experience of building and operating such a vessel prompted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to produce other vessels in the same class; therefore, in the following year, in February 2024, the IRGC Navy launched 2 more vessels of the Martyr Soleimani class, named after the martyrs, Sayyad Shirazi and Hassan Bagheri, and added them to its naval fleet.

These vessels, which are 67 meters long and 20 meters wide, have a speed of 32 knots (about 60 kilometers per hour) and an operational range of 5,000 knots (about 9,250 kilometers) and are armed with weapons such as 20-millimeter and 30-millimeter automatic cannons with thermal imaging cameras, 6 long-range cruise missiles (4 "Ghader" missiles with a range of 300 kilometers and 2 "Nasir" missiles with a range of 90 kilometers), 6 vertical-launch anti-ship cruise missile silos, and 16 vertical-launch Sayyad defense missile silos.

The success of these vessels led to the construction of another vessel of the Martyr Soleimani class and its commissioning. This new vessel, which is to be used for the first time in the 19th Great Prophet (PBUH) maneuver, has been named after Martyr Rais-Ali Delvari.

The Martyr Rais-Ali Delvari vessel, the 4th of the Martyr Soleimani-class ships of the IRGC Navy, will be unveiled simultaneously with the 19th Great Prophet (PBUH) maneuver. This completely Iranian ship is equipped with short and medium-range missile systems, medium and long-range defense systems, with the ability to carry a helicopter, stealth, with a speed of 32 knots (about 60 km/h), and is also capable of launching and retrieving 3 light missile-launching vessels.