TEHRAN, Mar 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran yesterday launched two 800-tonne landing craft vessels, in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
The two vessels are identical, with a length of 53 metres, a width of 14.5 metres and a draft of 2.25 metres, Esmaeil Makkizadeh, the deputy for maritime affairs of the southern Iranian Hormuzgan Province Port and Maritime Authority, was quoted as saying.
He added, each vessel has two 830-horsepower engines and is capable of navigating at a speed of 10 knots.
Makkizadeh noted that, four other landing craft ships, with different sizes, are being built by private companies in Bandar Abbas.
