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 | | Class and type: | Alvand (SAAM) class frigate
Vosper Mk 5 | | Ordered: | 1960 | | Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft | | Laid down: | 1968 | | Launched: | 1968 | | In service: | 1971 | | Renamed: | 1980 | | Reinstated: | 1990 | | Status: | In service | | Homeport: | Bandar-Abbas | | General Characteristics | | Displacement: | 1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load) | | Length: | 94.5 m (310 feet) | | Beam: | 11.07 m (36 feet) | | Draught: | 3.25 m (10.5 feet) | | Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Paxman Ventura cruising diesels, 3,800 bhp, 17 knots
2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM-3A boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp, 39 knots | | Speed: | 39 knots max | | Range: | 5,000 nm at 15 knots | | Complement: | 125-146 | | Armament: | 4 x C-802 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 | The Iranian frigate Alvand, a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as Alvand class frigate), was commissioned in 1971 as part of a four-ship order. Image File history File links No_Photo_Available. ...
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A port view of the Iranian destroyer escort IIS Saam (DE-71), redesignated IS Alvand (F-71). ...
Vosper Thornycroft is a limited business traditionally associated with the shipbuilding industry in the UK. They hold a shipbuilding yard in Southampton, Hampshire. ...
A vessels home port, or hailing port, is its port of origin as shown on its registration documents[1] and lettered on the stern of the ships hull. ...
The Hindu Temple in Bandar Abbas, Iran, built during the Qajar era for Indian soldiers serving in the British Army during the British occupation. ...
The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length. ...
The draft of a ships hull is the vertical distance from the bottom of the hull to the waterline. ...
The Yingji-82 or YJ-82 (Chinese: 鹰击-82, literally Eagle Strike; NATO reporting name: CSS-N-8 Saccade) is a Chinese anti-ship missile first unveiled in 1989 by the China Haiying Electro-Mechanical Technology Academy (CHETA), also known as the Third Academy. ...
The BAE RO Defence 4. ...
Cyril Ronald Vosper (7 June 1935 – 4 May 2004) was a Scientologist and later a critic of Scientology. ...
For the bird, see Frigatebird. ...
A port view of the Iranian destroyer escort IIS Saam (DE-71), redesignated IS Alvand (F-71). ...
The ship is rareley seen outside the Persian Gulf nowadays, although it did join the Indian Navy's 'Bridges of Friendship', held in Bombay on February 17, 2001 to celebrate India's 50th anniversary as republic where in 60 Indian vessels and 24 foreign vessels (including the Alvand) participated. The Alvand appeared to be in good state despite being thirty years old.[1] Map of the Persian Gulf. ...
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See also
The Iranian frigate Sabalan, a British made Vosper Mark 5-class frigate, was commissioned in June, 1972 as one of four Mark 5-class frigates delivered to Iran. ...
The Iranian frigate Sahand, a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as Alvand class frigate), was commissioned as part of a four-ship order. ...
The Iranian frigate Alborz, a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as Alvand class frigate), was commissioned in 1971 as part of a four-ship order. ...
As of 2005 // Kilo class (3) SSI (3) Damavand Battle [UK] 1 Babr&pallang Allen M. Sumner [USA] 2 no active Alvand (Saam) class (Vosper Mk5 type) light patrol frigates Displacement: 1,540 tons full load Dimensions: 94. ...
One of Irans 6 Kilo class submarines The Iranian Navy has traditionally been the smallest branch of Irans armed forces and is designed solely for securing its own ports and coast, with little in the way of striking power. ...
References - ^ http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE3-5/mazumdar.html
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 Active frigates of the Islamic Republic of Iran | | Alvand | Alborz | Sabalan | Moudge I Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ...
As of 2005 // Kilo class (3) SSI (3) Damavand Battle [UK] 1 Babr&pallang Allen M. Sumner [USA] 2 no active Alvand (Saam) class (Vosper Mk5 type) light patrol frigates Displacement: 1,540 tons full load Dimensions: 94. ...
The Iranian frigate Alborz, a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as Alvand class frigate), was commissioned in 1971 as part of a four-ship order. ...
The Iranian frigate Sabalan, a British made Vosper Mark 5-class frigate, was commissioned in June, 1972 as one of four Mark 5-class frigates delivered to Iran. ...
| | Frigates under construction Moudge II As of 2005 // Kilo class (3) SSI (3) Damavand Battle [UK] 1 Babr&pallang Allen M. Sumner [USA] 2 no active Alvand (Saam) class (Vosper Mk5 type) light patrol frigates Displacement: 1,540 tons full load Dimensions: 94. ...
| | Historical frigates Sahand Iranian frigate Sabalan (1972-): Damaged by US aircraft in 1988 in U.S. Operation Praying Mantis. ...
The Iranian frigate Sahand, a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as Alvand class frigate), was commissioned as part of a four-ship order. ...
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