IRIS Sahand (2012)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see Iranian frigate Sahand.
The IRIS Sahand in 2018
History
Iran
NameSahand
NamesakeSahand
BuilderNEDAJA Factories, Bandar Abbas
Launched18 September 2012
Commissioned1 December 2018
HomeportBandar-Abbas
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and typeMoudge-class frigate
Displacement2,000-2,500 tons
Length95 m (311 ft 8 in)
Installed power4 × diesel engines
SpeedMax 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement140
Sensors and
processing systems		Asr 3D PESA long-range radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		2 × 8 chaff launcher
Armament
  • Naval guns
    • 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun
    • 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS
    • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon
    • 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns
  • Surface to air missiles
    • 4 × Mehrab SAM, a naval version of the Sayyad-2
  • 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
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