Iranian frigate Sahand

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Career (Iran)
A starboard bow view of the Iranian destroyer escort ITS Faramarz (DE 74), redesignated as IS Sahand (F 74)
Ordered:	1960
Builder:	Vosper Thornycroft
Laid down:	1969
Launched:	1969
Homeport:	Bandar-Abbas
Fate:	sunk April 18, 1988 in Operation Praying Mantis
General characteristics
Class and type:	Alvand (SAAM) class frigate Vosper Mk 5
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 (2830 kW), 17 knots 2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM-3A boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp (34300 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 x Sea Killer 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 Sahand (in Persian سهند), a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as Alvand class frigate), was commissioned as part of a four-ship order.

The ship was originally called Faramarz, named after a character in Ferdosi's Shahnameh. However after the Islamic Revolution it was renamed Sahand, after the Sahand volcano.

The Iranian Navy ship was sunk in Operation Praying Mantis. She was hit by two Harpoon missiles and a Skipper-II laser-guided bomb, and finished off with Rockeye cluster bombs.