IRIS Sahand (2012)

The IRIS Sahand in 2022.
History
Iran
NameSahand
NamesakeSahand
BuilderNEDAJA Factories, Bandar Abbas
Launched18 September 2012
Commissioned1 December 2018
HomeportBandar-Abbas
Identification
Statusunder repair
General characteristics
Class & typeMoudge-class frigate
Displacement1,200-1,500 tons
Length95 m (311 ft 8 in)
Installed power4 × diesel engines
SpeedMax 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement140
Sensors &
processing systems		Asr 3D PESA long-range radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		2 × 8 chaff launcher
Armament
  • Naval guns
  • Surface to air missiles
  • Surface to Surface missile
    • 8 × Qader anti-ship missiles
  • Anti-submarine warfare
    • 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes
Aircraft carried1 × Bell 212 ASW helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter landing pad

Sahand (Persian: سهند) is a Moudge-class frigate in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, named in memory of the sunk frigate bearing the same name of the Sahand volcano.

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