IRIS Sahand (1969)

	A starboard bow view of the Iranian destroyer escort ITS Faramarz (DE 74), redesignated as IRS Sahand (F 74)
History
Iran
Name	IIS Faramarz
Namesake	Faramarz
Ordered	1960
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston
Yard number	1080
Launched	30 July 1969; 56 years ago.
Commissioned	February 1972
Renamed	Sahand, 1985
Namesake	Sahand volcano
Homeport	Bandar-Abbas
Fate	Sunk in Operation Praying Mantis, 18 April 1988
General characteristics
Class & type	Alvand-class frigate
Displacement	1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load)
Length	94.5 m (310 ft)
Beam	11.07 m (36.3 ft)
Draught	3.25 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);
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 × 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.