IRIS Alborz (72)

Alborz in 2019
History
Iran
Name	Zaal
Namesake	Zaal
Ordered	1960
Builder	Vickers, Barrow
Yard number	1080[1]
Laid down	3 March 1968[1]
Launched	4 March 1969;[1] 55 years ago.
Sponsored by	Abbas Aram
Commissioned	1 March 1971[1]
Renamed	Alborz, 1985[1]
Namesake	Alborz mountain range
Homeport	Bandar-Abbas
Identification	Pennant number: 72 Code letters: EQAB
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Alvand-class frigate
Displacement	1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load)
Length	94.5 m (310 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.07 m (36 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Paxman Ventura cruising diesels, 3,800 bhp (2,800 kW) 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM2 boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp (34,000 kW)
Speed	39 knots (72 km/h) max
Range	5,000 nmi (9,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	125-146
Armament	8 × Noor anti-ship missiles 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun 1 × 30 mm Kamand CIWS 1 x dual 35mm Oerlikon GDF 2 x single 20 mm AAA 2 × 81 mm mortars 2 × 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × triple 12.75 in torpedo tubes

Alborz (Persian: البرز) is an Alvand-class frigate, Vosper Mark V, of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. It was supplied to pre-revolutionary Iran's Imperial Iranian Navy by Great Britain. Launched in 1969, the frigate dates back to the time of the Shah of Iran.