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|Ship launched=30 July 1969<ref name=Miramar />;{{Years ago|1969}} years ago.
|Ship launched=30 July 1969;<ref name=Miramar /> {{Years ago|1969}} years ago.
|Ship commissioned=February 1972<ref name=Miramar />
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|Ship renamed=''Sahand'', 1985<ref name=Miramar />
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|Ship homeport=[[Bandar-Abbas]]
|Ship homeport=[[Bandar-Abbas]]
|Ship fate=Sunk in [[Operation Praying Mantis]], 19 April 1988<ref name=Miramar />
|Ship fate=Sunk in [[Operation Praying Mantis]], 18 April 1988<ref name=Miramar />
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|Ship armament=*5 × [[Sea Killer]] anti-ship missiles
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*1 × [[4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun|4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun]]
*1 × [[4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun|4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun]]
*1 × twin 20&nbsp;mm AAA, 2 x single 20&nbsp;mm AAA
*1 × twin 35&nbsp;mm AAA, 2 × single 20&nbsp;mm AAA
*2 × 81&nbsp;mm mortars
*2 × 81&nbsp;mm mortars
*2 × 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
*2 × 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
*1 x [[Limbo (weapon)|Limbo]] ASW mortar
*1 × [[Limbo (weapon)|Limbo]] ASW mortar
*2 x triple 12.75&nbsp;in torpedo tubes
*2 × triple 12.75&nbsp;in torpedo tubes
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'''Iranian frigate ''Sahand''''' ({{lang-fa|سهند}}) was a [[United Kingdom|British]]-made [[Vosper & Company|Vosper]] Mark V class [[frigate]] (also known as the {{sclass|Alvand|frigate|4}}) 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 [[Iranian Revolution|Islamic Revolution]] it was renamed ''Sahand'', after the [[Sahand]] volcano.
'''Iranian frigate ''Sahand''''' ({{langx|fa|سهند}}) was a [[United Kingdom|British]]-made [[Vosper & Company|Vosper]] Mark V class [[frigate]] (also known as the {{sclass|Alvand|frigate|4}}) 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 [[Iranian Revolution|Islamic Revolution]] it was renamed ''Sahand'', after the [[Sahand]] volcano.


==Construction==
==Construction==
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==Service history==
==Service history==
[[File:Bild-Prayingmantis5sahand.jpg|thumb|left|''Sahand'' burns after strikes by U.S. Navy ships and aircraft on 18 April 1988.]]
{{stack|[[File:Bild-Prayingmantis5sahand.jpg|thumb|''Sahand'' burns after strikes by U.S. Navy ships and aircraft on 18 April 1988.]]}}
The [[Islamic Republic of Iran Navy|Iranian Navy]] ship was sunk in [[Operation Praying Mantis]] on 18 April 1988. Located by two American [[Grumman A-6 Intruder|A-6E Intruders]] of [[Third VA-95 (U.S. Navy)|Attack Squadron VA-95]] steaming roughly {{convert|10|mi|km|order=flip}} southwest of [[Larak Island]], she was hit by two [[Harpoon missile]]s and four [[AGM-123 Skipper II]] laser-guided missiles. A pair of [[CBU-100 Cluster Bomb|Rockeye]] cluster bombs from the aircraft and a single Harpoon from the [[destroyer]] {{USS|Joseph Strauss|DDG-16|6}} finished the destruction of the ship.<ref name="irna"/>
The [[Islamic Republic of Iran Navy|Iranian Navy]] ship was sunk in [[Operation Praying Mantis]] on 18 April 1988. Located by two American [[Grumman A-6 Intruder|A-6E Intruders]] of [[Third VA-95 (U.S. Navy)|Attack Squadron VA-95]] steaming roughly {{convert|10|mi|km|order=flip}} southwest of [[Larak Island]], she was hit by two [[Harpoon missile]]s and four [[AGM-123 Skipper II]] laser-guided missiles. A pair of [[CBU-100 Cluster Bomb|Rockeye]] cluster bombs from the aircraft and a single Harpoon from the [[destroyer]] {{USS|Joseph Strauss|DDG-16|6}} finished the destruction of the ship.<ref name="irna"/>


Left heavily aflame, dead in the water and listing to port, ''Sahand'' burned for several hours before fires reached her ammunition magazines and they detonated, sinking her in over {{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=off|order=flip}} of water southwest of Larak Island. Forty-five members of her crew were killed.<ref name="irna">{{cite web|url=http://irna.ir/NewsShow.aspx?NID=30345346|title=Islamic Republic News Agency|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316174234/http://irna.ir/NewsShow.aspx?NID=30345346|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all|language=fa}}</ref>
Left heavily aflame, dead in the water and listing to port, ''Sahand'' burned for several hours before fires reached her ammunition magazines and they detonated, sinking her in over {{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=off|order=flip}} of water southwest of Larak Island. Forty-five members of her crew were killed.<ref name="irna">{{cite web|url=http://irna.ir/NewsShow.aspx?NID=30345346|title=Islamic Republic News Agency|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316174234/http://irna.ir/NewsShow.aspx?NID=30345346|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all|language=fa}}</ref>

Iran has commissioned a {{sclass|Moudge|frigate|2}} named ''[[Iranian frigate Sahand (2012)|Sahand]]'' in memory of the original ''Sahand''.


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Iran|Military}}
{{Portal|Iran}}
* [[List of ships sunk by missiles]]
* [[List of ships sunk by missiles]]
* [[List of Imperial Iranian Navy vessels in 1979]]
* [[List of Imperial Iranian Navy vessels in 1979]]
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==References==
==References==
*{{cite book|last=Hiro|first=Dilip|title=The Longest War: The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict|location=London|publisher=Routledge Chapman & Hall, Inc|year=1991|isbn=0-415-90406-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/longestwariranir00hiro}}
*{{cite book|last=Hiro|first=Dilip|title=The Longest War: The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict|location=London|publisher=Routledge Chapman & Hall, Inc|year=1991|isbn=0-415-90406-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/longestwariranir00hiro}}

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{{commons category|IRIS 74 Sahand (ship, 1972)}}
{{commons category|IRIS 74 Sahand (ship, 1972)}}

Latest revision as of 19:01, 7 November 2024

For other uses, see Sahand (disambiguation).
For Iranian Moudge-class ship of the same name, see Iranian frigate Sahand (2012).

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.

Construction

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On 10 May 1970, she was damaged by fire while fitting out.[2]

Service history

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Sahand burns after strikes by U.S. Navy ships and aircraft on 18 April 1988.

The Iranian Navy ship was sunk in Operation Praying Mantis on 18 April 1988. Located by two American A-6E Intruders of Attack Squadron VA-95 steaming roughly 16 kilometres (10 mi) southwest of Larak Island, she was hit by two Harpoon missiles and four AGM-123 Skipper II laser-guided missiles. A pair of Rockeye cluster bombs from the aircraft and a single Harpoon from the destroyer USS Joseph Strauss finished the destruction of the ship.[3]

Left heavily aflame, dead in the water and listing to port, Sahand burned for several hours before fires reached her ammunition magazines and they detonated, sinking her in over 660 feet (200 metres) of water southwest of Larak Island. Forty-five members of her crew were killed.[3]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Faramarz (6132433)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  2. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (1970), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 7 (4), International Naval Research Organization: 315, JSTOR 44887436
  3. ^ a b "Islamic Republic News Agency" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

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