MV Iran Deyanat

History
Name	MV Iran Deyanat
Owner	Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines
Operator	Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines
Ordered	February 1982[1]
Builder	Astilleros Españoles S.A. - Factoria de Sestao
Yard number	260
Laid down	March 29, 1982
Launched	August 5, 1982
Completed	October 1, 1983
Identification	IMO number: 8107579, Call sign: EQPB
Captured	August 21, 2008 – October 10, 2008
Fate	Scrapped 8 April 2011
Notes	Sailed originally as Odinlock for Liberia.
General characteristics
Class and type	Bulk carrier
Tonnage	44,468 DWT
Length	199.50 m (654 ft 6 in) (LOA)
Beam	29.01 m (95 ft 2 in)
Draught	11.715 m (38 ft 5.2 in)
Depth	16.01 m (52 ft 6 in)
Installed power	8,238 kW (11,047 hp)
Propulsion	1 fixed pitch propeller
Speed	15.25 knots (28.24 km/h; 17.55 mph)
Capacity	54,237 m3 (1,915,400 cu ft)
Crew	29
Notes	Iron ore strengthened bulk carrier

MV Iran Deyanat (Persian: ایران دیانت) is an Iranian ship (owned and operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines) that was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden by 40 pirates with Kalashnikovs and RPGs on August 21, 2008. The crew of the ship numbered 29: a Pakistani captain, 14 Iranians including an engineer, 3 Indians, 2 Filipinos, and 10 Croatians.^[2] The ship was freed on October 10, and the crew was unharmed.^[3] The ship went underway bound to Oman and then to its final destination at Rotterdam.^[4]