IRIS Alborz (72)
Iranian Alvand-class frigate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alborz (Persian: البرز) is an Alvand-class frigate, Vosper Mark V, of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. It was supplied to pre-revolutionary Iran's Imperial Iranian Navy by Great Britain, dates back to the time of the Shah of Iran, and was launched in 1969.
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Alborz in 2019 | |
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Iran | |
Name | Zaal |
Namesake | Zaal |
Ordered | 1960 |
Builder | Vickers, Barrow |
Yard number | 1080[1] |
Laid down | 3 March 1968[1] |
Launched | 4 March 1969;[1] 55 years ago. |
Sponsored by | Abbas Aram |
Commissioned | 1 March 1971[1] |
Renamed | Alborz, 1985[1] |
Namesake | Alborz mountain range |
Homeport | Bandar-Abbas |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Alvand-class frigate |
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) |
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Speed | 39 knots (72 km/h) max |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 125-146 |
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