Konarak was built in 1988, at the K. Damen Shipyards, in Boven-Hardinxveld, the Netherlands, as hull number 1403.[1][2] It was ordered and purchased before the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[3] The twelve Hendijan-class support vessels were constructed in the 1980s and 1990s, six of them at the K. Damen Shipyards, and the remainder under contract in Iran. Questions were raised in the Dutch parliament over the delivery of the ships during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War but as the ships were unarmed and not combatant vessels an export license was not necessary. The Dutch also delivered a tug and water tanker to the Iranian Navy during this period.[1] Konarak has been in service since 1988.[4]