Ashura-class speedboat

The Ashura (Persian: عاشورا, also known as MIG-G-0800)^[1] is a class of fast patrol boat used by naval forces of Iran.^[3] It is a Boston Whaler type vessel based on a Watercraft UK design, and is manufactured domestically with hulls made of glass-reinforced plastic.^[1]

Ashura-class speedboat

Class overview
Builders	Marine Industries Organization
Operators	Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Sudanese Armed Forces
General characteristics
Type	Fast patrol boat
Displacement	1 ton full load[1]
Length	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)[1]
Beam	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)[1]
Draught	0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)[1]
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × outboard engines, 240 horsepower (0.18 MW)[1]
Speed	90 knots (170 km/h) (estimate)[1][2]
Complement	4[1]
Armament	Various, including: 1 × 12.7mm machine gun 1 × 107mm 12-barelled MRL

Types

Ashura speedboats are able to carry various guns, including heavy machine guns and multiple rocket launchers.^[1] There are versions with installed ZU-23-2 autocannon, DShK machine gun, and modified to carry a single naval mine.^[3]

• 
  Minelayer version
• 
  Trooper version
• 
  MLR and machine gun equipped version

Export

From 1992 to 1994, Sudan purchased at least seven Ashura boats from Iran.^[4]