Shahid Soleimani-class corvette
The lead ship, Shahid Soleimani, in 2022 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Shahid Mahallati Shipyard, Bushehr |
| Operators | IRGC-Navy |
| Built | 2022–present |
| In commission | 2022–present |
| Planned | +4 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Active | 0 |
| Lost | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Missile corvette |
| Displacement | ~600 tonnes |
| Length | 65.0 m (213 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | Diesel engine |
| Propulsion | 4 × engines |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Radars and latest electronics |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter |
| Notes | Ability to carry 3 × fast attack boats |
The Shahid Soleimani class (Persian: شهید سلیمانی, romanized: Shahid soleimani, lit: martyr Suleimani) were the principal surface combatant ships of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran. These were an Iranian class of missile corvettes and bore the name of Qasem Soleimani, a prominent Iranian military officer, who was the commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force from 1998, until he was assassinated on 3 January 2020 by the United States in Baghdad, Iraq alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. These ships were being built by various shipyards in Bushehr, Qeshm and Bandar Abbas and were operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran.