Gohar-class patrol boat

Gohar (Persian: گوهر) was a class of patrol boat that was built in the West Germany for the Imperial Iranian Navy. Three vessels in the class (named Gohar, Shahpar and Shahram) were delivered to Iran by Abeking & Rasmussen between 1969 and 1971.^[1] In 1975, Iran transferred the boats to Sudan, where they were respectively renamed to Skeikan (or Shekan), Kadir (or Kader) and Karari.^[1]

Gohar-class patrol boats

Class overview
Builders	Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, West Germany
Operators	Imperial Iranian Armed Forces Sudanese Armed Forces
Built	1969–1971
Completed	3
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	70 tons standard
Length	29 m (95 ft 2 in)
Beam	5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Draught	1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × engines
Speed	27–28 kn (50–52 km/h)
Complement	19
Sensors & processing systems	Decca 202 radar
Armament	1 × 12.7mm machine gun
Notes	[1]

See also

• List of naval ship classes of Iran