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Murce-class speedboat

Class overview
Builders	Marine Industries Organization
Operators	Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
In service	1990s–present
General characteristics
Type	Fast patrol boat
Displacement	4 tons full load
Length	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Beam	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Draught	0.45 m (1 ft 6 in)
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × Volvo Penta engines, 1,260 horsepower (0.94 MW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement	3
Sensors and processing systems	Surface search radar
Armament	3 × 12.7mm machine gun 1 × 106mm recoilless rifle 1 × RPG-7 rocket launcher 1 × 12-barelled 107mm MLR

Murce (also known as MIG-G-0900) is a class of fast patrol craft operated by naval forces of Iran.

History

Murce boats are manufactured in Iran by Marine Industries Group. Its unarmed version has been produced in large numbers since the mid-1990s.

Design

Dimensions and machinery

The ships have a displacement of 4 t (3.9 long tons) at full load. The class design is 9.2 m (30 ft) long, would have a beam of 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) and a draft of 0.45 m (1 ft 6 in). It is powered by two Volvo Penta diesel engines. This system was designed to provide 1,260 horsepower (0.94 MW) for a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h).

Armament

Murce-class boats are equipped with three 12.7mm machine guns, one 106mm recoilless rifle or RPG-7 rocket launcher, as well as a 12-barelled 107mm multiple rocket launcher. They also use surface search radar on I-band.

References

1. ^ Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 392, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075

v t e Ship classes of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Coastal warfare vessels	PTGF Tondar class
Patrol vessels	PB Ghaem class Pashe class Heidar class PBFT Peykaap I class Kajami class Gahjae class Tarlan class PBFG Azarakhsh class Peykaap II class Peykaap III class MK13 class PBF Ashura class Taregh class Zafar class RIB class Cougar class Seraj class MIL 55 class MIL 40 class Kashdom class Murce class Tir class
Amphibious warfare vessels	LSL Hormuz 21 class LST Hormuz 24 class
Auxiliary ships	AP Nasser class HARTH Shahid Nazeri class Shahid Soleimani class
List of equipment of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

• Fast patrol boat classes of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Ships built by Marine Industries Organization