History
Iran
Name:
Alborz
Namesake:
Zaal
Ordered:
1960
Builder:
Vickers , Barrow
Yard number:
1080[ 1]
Laid down:
3 March 1968[ 1]
Launched:
4 March 1969[ 1]
Commissioned:
1 March 1971[ 1]
Renamed:
Alborz , 1985[ 1]
Identification:
F-72
Namesake:
Alborz mountain range
Homeport:
Bandar-Abbas
Status:
in active service, as of 2015[update]
General characteristics
Class & type:
Alvand -classfrigate
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:
4 × C-802 anti-ship missiles
1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun
1 × twin 35 mm AAA, 2 x single 20 mm AAA
2 × 81 mm mortars
2 × 0.50cal machine guns
1 × Limbo ASW mortar
2 × triple 12.75 in torpedo tubes
Iranian frigate Alborz (in Persian البرز), a British -made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as the Alvand class
The ship was originally called Zaal , named after Zaal , a mythical warrior of ancient Iran (son of Sām and father of Rostam ) and an important character in the Shahnameh . But after the Islamic Revolution it was renamed Alborz , after the Alborz mountain range .
On 1 June 1987 Alborz stopped a large bulk carrier (Vevey ) and searched it for possible war material for Iraq . Although this was within the Iranian captain's right to do so under international law, this became known as the first search-and-seizure of the Iran–Iraq War .[ 2]
In January 2010 the ship was sent to the Gulf of Aden , to help protect ships from Somali Piracy .[ 3]
In April 2015, Alborz was deployed along with the supply vessel Bushehr to Yemen .[ 4]
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