IRIS Sahand (1969)

A starboard bow view of the Iranian destroyer escort ITS Faramarz (DE 74), redesignated as IRS Sahand (F 74).
A starboard bow view of the Iranian destroyer escort ITS Faramarz (DE 74), redesignated as IRS Sahand (F 74)
History
Iran
NameIIS Faramarz
NamesakeFaramarz
Ordered1960
BuilderVosper Thornycroft, Woolston[1]
Yard number1080[1]
Launched30 July 1969;[1] 55 years ago.
CommissionedFebruary 1972[1]
RenamedSahand, 1985[1]
NamesakeSahand volcano
HomeportBandar-Abbas
FateSunk in Operation Praying Mantis, 18 April 1988[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeAlvand-class frigate
Displacement1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load)
Length94.5 m (310 ft)
Beam11.07 m (36.3 ft)
Draught3.25 m (10.7 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts, 2 Paxman Ventura cruising diesels, 3,800 bhp (2,830 kW), 17 knots
  • 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM2 boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp (34,300 kW), 39 knots (72 km/h)
Speed39 knots (72 km/h) max
Range5,000 nmi (9,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement125-146
Armament
  • 5 × Sea Killer anti-ship missiles
  • 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun
  • 1 × twin 35 mm AAA, 2 × single 20 mm AAA
  • 2 × 81 mm mortars
  • 2 × 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
  • 1 × Limbo ASW mortar
  • 2 × triple 12.75 in torpedo tubes

Iranian frigate Sahand (Persian: سهند) was a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as the Alvand class) commissioned as part of a four-ship order. She was launched in 1969. The ship was originally called Faramarz, named after a character in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution it was renamed Sahand, after the Sahand volcano.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Faramarz (6132433)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 December 2009.