13 Combattante-IIB/Sina 1* class
Builder: First 10 units: CMN, Cherbourg; P 224, P 225 and P 233: Bandar Addas, Iran
(P 221 - P 232 Entered Service: 1977 to 1981 P233 Entered Service: 2008).
Displacement: 249 tons (275 fl)
Speed: 36 kts
Dimensions: 47.0 × 7.1 × 1.9 meters
Armament: 4 C-802 SSM; 1 76-mm 62-cal. Oto Melara Compact DP; 1 40-mm 70-cal. Bofors AA (P 224, P 225, and P 233: 1 20-mm 90-cal. Oerlikon GAM-B01 AA in place of 40-mm AA); 2 12.7-mm mg
Electronics: Radar: 1 Decca 1226 nav.; 1 Thales WM-28 track-while-scan f.c.?EW: Thales TMV-433 suite (DR-2000 receiver, Alligator 5-A jammer, DALIA analyzer)
Machinery: 4 MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels; 4 props; 14,400 bhp ?
Electric: 350 kw
Range: 700/33.7
Fuel: 41 tons
Crew: 31 tot.
Remarks: First 10 units were contracted 19-2-74 and 14-10-74. P 230 and 232 were embargoed at Cherbourg 4-79 and released 22-6-81. P 232 was captured off Spain 13-8-80 by anti-Khomeini forces but abandoned later at Toulon. P 224, P 225 and P 233 are locally built variants, reportedly built for service in the Caspian Sea and sometimes referred to as the SINA 1-class. P 224, 225, 233, and 234 carry 1 20-mm 90-cal. Oer- likon GAM-B01 gun in place of the 40-mm gun, an update eventually planned for the entire class. P 224 and P 225 were named after original sisterPeykan (P 224) lost to Iraqi forces 11-80, and Joshan (P 225) sunk by U.S. forces on 19-4-88.
Combat systems: P 231 and P 232 had no Harpoon tubes on delivery, and all Har- poon missiles delivered by the U.S. are believed to have been expended. They were given a C-802 missile-launch capability during 1996ñ98. P 228 has conducted trials with a locally built version of the U.S. Standard SM-1 surface-to-air missile.
10 Chinese Houdong class
(Entered Service: 1995–96)
U.S. Navy from Combat Fleets of the World 16th Edition
Displacement: 118 tons (135 fl)
Speed: 37 kts (34 kts sust.)
Dimensions: 34.10 × 6.70 × 1.8 meters (1.295 mean hull)
Armaments: 4 C-802 SSM; 1 twin 30-mm 65-cal. Model 69 AA; 1 twin 23-mm 87-cal. ZSU-23-2 AA
Electronics: Radar: 2 Type RM 1070A nav.; 1 Type 341 (Rice Lamp) gun f.c.
Machinery: 2 MTU 16V396 TB94 diesels; 2 props; 6,220 bhp
Range: 500/24; 1,050/18
Endurance: 5 days
Electric: 65 kw
Crew: 2 officers, 14 enlisted
Remarks: Referred to locally as the Tondor class and were originally numbered 301 through 310. Reportedly were ordered in 1991 or 1992. First five delivered 9-94; second five, with added EW gear, were delivered in 3-96. P 313-3 was noted in 10-97 with a twin 23-mm mount installed abaft the lattice mast, and the others have been similarly equipped.