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| Career (Iran) |  |
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| Name: | Zaal (F-72) |
| Namesake: | Zaal |
| Ordered: | 1960 |
| Builder: | Vickers, Barrow |
| Yard number: | 1080[1] |
| Laid down: | 3 March 1968[1] |
| Launched: | 4 March 1969[1] |
| Commissioned: | 1 March 1971[1] |
| Renamed: | Alborz, 1985[1] |
| Namesake: | Alborz mountain range |
| Homeport: | Bandar-Abbas[2] |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2009[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Alvand-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load) |
| Length: | 94.5 m (310 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.07 m (36 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.25 m (10.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Paxman Ventura cruising diesels, 3,800 bhp, 17 knots (31 km/h) 2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM-3A boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp, 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: | 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 |
Iranian frigate Alborz (in Persian البرز), 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 ship was originally called Zaal, named after Zaal, a mythical warrior of ancient Iran (son of Sām and father of Rostam) and an important character in the Shahnameh. But after the Islamic Revolution it was renamed Alborz, after the Alborz mountain range.
On 1 June 1987 the Alborz stopped a large bulk carrier (the Vevey) and searched it for possible war material for Iraq. Although this was within Iran's skipper's right to do so under international law, this became known as the first search-and-seizure of the Iran–Iraq War.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Search results for "6132432" (Zaal)" (Click on link for ship data). Miramar Ship Index. R.B. Haworth. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/list?search_op=OR&IDNo=6132432. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.geocities.com/nmdecke/NavalOOB.html
- ^ http://navsci.berkeley.edu/ns12b/Documents/Vincennes%20Case%20Study.doc
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