IRIS Khalij-e Fars

History
Iran
Name	Persian Gulf
Namesake	Persian Gulf
Ordered	18 September 2012
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass2-
Displacement	6,500 tonnes
Length	154 m (505 ft 3 in)
Beam	18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Draught	5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 × 18 MW (24,000 hp) gas turbine engines; 2 × 4 MW (5,400 hp) diesel engines; 6 × 1 MW (1,300 hp) electric generator;
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Crew	240
Sensors and ; processing systems	Asr
Armament	2 × CIWS; 8 × Sayyad-2 air defence missiles; 8 × Noor or Ghader or Ghadir antiship missiles;
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-3 Sea King (1 in hangar)
Aviation facilities	Hangar

Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس) is a planned destroyer ordered by Iran.

Work on the ship began on September 18, 2012 under the Luqman Project, after being confirmed by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.^[1]

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