Ashura-class speedboat

*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
Length	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Beam	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Draught	0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × outboard engines, 240 horsepower (0.18 MW)
Speed	90 knots (170 km/h) (estimate)
Complement	4
Armament	Various, including:; 1 × 12.7mm machine gun; 1 × 107mm 12-barelled MRL;

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]

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]

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