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| Career (Iran) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Alborz (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 2012[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 35 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 the Iranian captain's right to do so under international law, this became known as the first search-and-seizure of the Iran–Iraq War.[3]
In January 2010 the ship was commissioned to the Gulf of Aden, to help protect ships from Somali Piracy.[4]
Notes [link]
- ^ a b c d e ""6132432" (Zaal)" (subscription required). Miramar Ship Index. R.B. Haworth. https://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20051109101102/https://www.geocities.com/nmdecke/NavalOOB.html
- ^ https://navsci.berkeley.edu/ns12b/Documents/Vincennes%20Case%20Study.doc
- ^ https://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=116618§ionid=351020101
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Alborz
Alborz (
listen Persian: البرز), also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the Aladagh Mountains in the northern parts of Khorasan. This mountain range is divided into Western, Central, and Eastern Alborz Mountains. The Western Alborz Range (usually called the Talish Mountains) runs south-southeastward almost along the western coast of the Caspian Sea. The Central Alborz (the Alborz Mountains in the strictest sense) runs from west to east along the entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea, while the Eastern Alborz runs in a northeasterly direction towards the northern parts of the Khorasan region southeast of the Caspian Sea. Mount Damavand, the highest mountain in Iran and the Middle East, is located in the Central Alborz Mountains.
Etymology
The name Elbrus is derived by metathesis from Alborz. The name Alborz is derived from that of Harā Barazaitī, a legendary mountain in the Avesta. Harā Barazaitī reflects Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī. *Bṛzatī is the feminine form of the adjective *bṛzant- "high", the ancestor of modern Persian boland (بلند) and Barz/Berazandeh, cognate with Sanskrit 'Brihat' (बृहत्). Harā may be interpreted as "watch" or "guard", from an Indo-European root *ser- "protect". In Middle Persian, Harā Barazaitī became Harborz, Modern Persian Alborz, which is cognate with Elbrus.
Alborz (disambiguation)
Alborz may refer to:
