Corvette newbuildings in the Caspian Sea

After the corvette-sized Dena (95 metres, 1,500 tonnes, entered service in mid-2021, hull number 75), construction number four of the Iranian Navy's Jamaran class, completed its eight-month voyage around the world in May 2023 accompanied by the forward base ship Makran (230 metres, 120,000 tonnes), two similar newbuildings have appeared that are worth reporting on, even if images and text material are scarce. A year ago, the fifth ship of the Jamaran class, the Delayman with the hull number 78, was commissioned in the Caspian Sea. She is regarded as the successor to her sister ship Damavand, which was wrecked at the harbour pier in Bandar Anzali in January 2018. However, as a good 20 years of further development separate the two ships, the Delayman can be assumed to be a new Damavand 2 class. Fittingly, another ship with the same hull number as the new Delayman, possibly the successor to the wrecked Damavand, can also be seen in the shipyard area of the Caspian harbour city. The situation in the Strait of Hormuz is also opaque in that the Sahand (construction number three of the Jamaran class, hull number 74) capsized in Bandar Abbas in July - for whatever reason - sank two days later, has now been salvaged and repaired, and is said to have taken part in multinational exercises. Enchanting!