title: Al-Sabehat
text: # Al-Sabehat
  
  Al-Sabehat (Persian: السابحات) is a swimmer delivery vehicle built and operated by Iran. The SDV is approximately 8 m (26 ft 3 in) long, and carries a crew of 2 plus 3 divers. It can carry out coastal reconnaissance missions, planting naval mines on ports and anchorages, as well as lifting special forces. According to Abhijit Singh, a senior fellow at Observer Research Foundation, the SDV "can be used effectively for unconventional attacks".
  
  Hengam class ships function as a mothership for Al-Sabehat SDVs.
  
  Al-Sabehat SDV is designed at Esfahan Underwater Research Centre. Planning and construction of Al-Sabehat was reportedly started in 1996 and the first vessel was unveiled on 29 August 2000.
  
  