Dutch inland patrol vessel Sandelingen 1974-

River Lek, Netherlands 22 June 2026

Netherlands-flagged. ENI 02014515, EU 02014550, MMSI 244060426 and call sign PC3609. Built by Van Leest or Schottel, Warmond, Netherlands. 

Japanese escort ship Shimushu 1938-1947 and Russian patrol frigate PS-25 1948-1957 and repair ship PM-74 1957-1959

Shimusu-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Mid 1950s appareance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Shimusu-class escort ships/kaibokan succeeded by Etorofu-class. Built under 1937 3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme. Laid down by Mitsui-Tamano Shipyards on 29 November 1938, launched on 13 December 1939, completed on 30 June 1940, ceded to the Soviet Union on 5 July 1947, commissioned as dispatch ship PS-25 in 1948, repair ship PM-74 in 1957 and decommissioned on 16 May 1959.

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Iranian corvette IRIS Naghdi 82 1962-2026

BRICS Will for Peace naval drills, False Bay, South Africa January 2026

IMO 6125569 and call sign EQAN. Part of Bayandor-class. Built for the US Navy as a patrol frigate (PF104) of the PF-103 class under the MAP (Mutual Assistance Prporam) and immediately after she was completed handed over to the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. Laid down by Levingston Shipbuilding Company on 12 September 1962, launched on 10 October 1963, commissioned on 22 July 1964, refitted in 1970, 1978, 1988 and 2009 and destroyed by American forces at Konarak, Iran on 28 February 2026.