[🇮🇷] Iranian Navy

[Lulldapull]

Iran's first "Drone Carrier" ..going for wet trials..ski Ramp is now done.

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damn that thing is huge

 

[Aryobarzan]

looks like she was converted from a commercial ship. How much do you think TCG Anadolu influenced this decision?

Naturally I don't follow Iranian media, I have no idea if it became news there.

Iranian Drone carrier "S.Bagheri" C-110-4 is indeed an ex TEU carrier ship built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in the year 2000. It is heavily modified at the ISOICO shipyard to become an exclusive drone carrier. Anadolu as I recall was supposed to be an LHD that was re-purposed to become a Drone carrier . In either case having a Drone carrier is the natural progression of any nation that has a significant Drone industry with ambitions to have a "Blue water" navy such as Turkey and Iran..
Note: Panamax ships dimensions are designed to be able to cross Panama Canal..

 

[LegionnairE]

Iranian Drone carrier "S.Bagheri" C-110-4 is indeed an ex TEU carrier ship built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in the year 2000. It is heavily modified at the ISOICO shipyard to become an exclusive drone carrier. Anadolu as I recall was supposed to be an LHD that was re-purposed to become a Drone carrier . In either case having a Drone carrier is the natural progression of any nation that has a significant Drone industry with ambitions to have a "Blue water" navy such as Turkey and Iran..
Note: Panamax ships dimensions are designed to be able to cross Panama Canal..
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TCG Anadolu is still an LHD, the "drone carrier" role is mostly secondary.

But this is an interesting approach, in WWII many aircraft carriers were converted from other warships so most countries built their first aircraft carriers this way. Not a new idea but should be much faster than building a carrier from ground up.

As many people know I hate STOBAR but that flight deck looks longer than the entire TCG Anadolu hull.

Interesting, I like it.

 

[Lulldapull]

Worlds first I guess. Direct hit on a container vessel. I wonder what anti-ship ballistic missile Iran gave to these Yemeni's?

 

[LegionnairE]

Another question is why Iran chose to build the flight deck so low. The ship seems to be much lighter than what the hull was designed for. For efficiency that bulbous bow should be submerged underwater but it looks like it'll remain outside water

if we imagined the red painted part of the hull submerged, we could start to see how low this flight deck really is compared to TCG Anadolu.

The more I look at it, the more it bothers me.

1) couldn't they raise the flight deck?
2) what's inside that superstructre? couldn't it be moved to below decks?
3) where are the elevators?
4) if there are no elevators where's the Hangar?

 

[Lulldapull]

Another question is why Iran chose to build the flight deck so low. The ship seems to be much lighter than what the hull was designed for. For efficiency that bulbous bow should be submerged underwater but it looks like it'll remain outside water

if we imagined the red painted part of the hull submerged, we could start to see how low this flight deck really is compared to TCG Anadolu.

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The more I look at it, the more it bothers me.

1) couldn't they raise the flight deck?
2) what's inside that superstructre? couldn't it be moved to below decks?
3) where are the elevators?
4) if there are no elevators where's the Hangar?

The vessel is empty! its under construction. When the food/ fuel/ cargo/ munitions/ drones/ and thousands of tons of equipment are on board/ installed, the water line would be where its painted anti-rust. And that nose bulb will also be submerged.

 

[Aryobarzan]

The vessel is empty! its under construction. When the food/ fuel/ cargo/ munitions/ drones/ and thousands of tons of equipment are on board/ installed, the water line would be where its painted anti-rust. And that nose bulb will also be submerged.

@LegionnairE
If you look at the TEU ships Silhouette..They are designed to stack up high large number of TEU on the deck (6 below and 8 above deck) . That means low CG for the ship is a design criteria and hence the low flight deck (my best guess)..These are ocean going vessels so they can withstand high "sea states" even with low CG architecture.

The Twitte you copied does mention addition of three major items: "elevators" for below deck access, addition of Flight control tower on the main superstructure and alteration of rear deck (possibly for Helo landing)

Will have to wait for more info but I recall I read somewhere they bought this ship for only $30 million ..If we add $100 million to fully redo the ship (engines too)and another $ 70 million for the add-on alteration we get a total of $200 million price tag..not bad considering that TCG Anadolu probably is somewhere around $ 1 billion dollars..(just guessing).. In any case these ship are just power projection vessels and will be NO 1 target for an enemy because sinking them has a very bad effect on moral..

 

[Lulldapull]

If you look at the TEU ships Silhouette..They are designed to stack up high large number of TEU on the deck (6 below and 8 above deck) . That means low CG for the ship is a design criteria and hence the low flight deck (my best guess)..These are ocean going vessels so they can withstand high "sea states" even with low CG architecture.

The Twitte you copied does mention addition of three major items: "elevators" for below deck access, addition of Flight control tower on the main superstructure and alteration of rear deck (possibly for Helo landing)

Will have to wait for more info but I recall I read somewhere they bought this ship for only $30 million ..If we add $100 million to fully redo the ship (engines too)and another $ 70 million for the add-on alteration we get a total of $200 million price tag..not bad considering that TCG Anadolu probably is somewhere around $ 1 billion dollars..(just guessing).. In any case these ship are just power projection vessels and will be NO 1 target for an enemy because sinking them has a very bad effect on moral..

I believe what that HI Sutton on covert shores is saying that these huge vessels are all FOB's. He suspects the Saviz and that Roudaki are also submarine tenders, where they have a flooding compartment underneath the hull to take a small sub or two along for long range activity, deep in the Indian ocean, far away from Persian gulf for surprise attacks. This thing can carry a hundred drones, FAC's, missiles and a full battalion of troops anywhere and carry a couple of anti-sub warfare choppers too. It's a good initiative.

 

[Lulldapull]

A good 10 minute read:

The 100,000 Ton US Navy Ship That Iran Is Copying - Naval News

The US Navy's gigantic Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ships are among the largest naval vessels afloat. They are part of America's unrivalled global reach, but they are no longer unique. Iran is testing a similar Forward Base Ship which is comparable in size.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Aryobarzan]

A good 10 minute read:

The 100,000 Ton US Navy Ship That Iran Is Copying - Naval News

The US Navy's gigantic Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ships are among the largest naval vessels afloat. They are part of America's unrivalled global reach, but they are no longer unique. Iran is testing a similar Forward Base Ship which is comparable in size.

www.navalnews.com

Iam a big fan of taking commercial ship and repurpose them for military applications..FOBs or Carriers are good examples..with today's weapons surface ships do not last very long so keep them at lowcost and make lots of them instead of one big expensive all military vessels.