IRIS ''Falakhon'' () is a in the
Southern Fleet of the
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN; ), also referred as the Iranian Navy (abbreviated NEDAJA; ), is the naval warfare service branch of Iran's regular military, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, Islamic Republic of Iran Army (''Artesh''). I ...
.
Construction and commissioning
''Falakhon'' was built by French
Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie
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Since its foun ...
at
Cherbourg
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, as one of the first six contracted on 19 February 1974.
Her keel was
laid down
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Keel laying is one ...
on 15 March 1976 and on 2 June 1977, she was
launched.
''Falakhon'' was
commissioned into the fleet on 31 March 1978, together with and .
Service history
During
Iran-Iraq War, her
home port
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was
Bushehr Naval Base. She was part of the naval group –together with , , and – that arrived at
Karachi
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on 2 May 2014 for a five-day joint exercise with
Pakistan Navy
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, and returned home on 14 May 2014. From 8 to 15 April 2017, along with and , she participated in a join naval drill with the
Royal Navy of Oman
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.
See also
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List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
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*
List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
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References
Missile boats of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ships built at Shahid Tamjidi shipyard
Ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ships built in Iran
Missile boats of Iran
1977 ships
Ships built in France
Iran–Iraq War naval ships of Iran
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