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_1977.jpg) A starboard bow view of the Iranian destroyer escort ITS Faramarz (DE 74), redesignated as IS Sahand (F 74) |
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| Career (Iran) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 1960 |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Laid down: | 1969 |
| Launched: | 1969 |
| Homeport: | Bandar-Abbas |
| Fate: | sunk April 18, 1988 in Operation Praying Mantis |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Alvand (SAAM) class frigate Vosper Mk 5 |
| Displacement: | 1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load) |
| Length: | 94.5 m (310 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.07 m (36 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.25 m (10.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Paxman Ventura cruising diesels, 3,800 bhp (2830 kW), 17 knots 2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM-3A boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp (34300 kW), 39 knots (72 km/h) |
| Speed: | 39 knots (72 km/h) max |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 125-146 |
| Armament: | 5 x Sea Killer anti-ship missiles 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun 1 x twin 20 mm AAA, 2 x single 20 mm AAA 2 × 81 mm mortars, 2 × 0.50cal machine guns, 1 x Limbo ASW mortar, 2 x triple 12.75 in torpedo tubes |
Iranian frigate Sahand (in Persian سهند), a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as Alvand class frigate), was commissioned as part of a four-ship order.
The ship was originally called Faramarz, named after a character in Ferdosi's Shahnameh. However after the Islamic Revolution it was renamed Sahand, after the Sahand volcano.
The Iranian Navy ship was sunk in Operation Praying Mantis. She was hit by two Harpoon missiles and a AGM-123 Skipper II laser-guided bomb, and finished off with Rockeye cluster bombs.
See also
- Iranian frigate Sabalan
- Iranian frigate Alvand
- Iranian frigate Alborz
- Current Iranian Navy vessels
- Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
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