Alvand ['Vosper' Mk 5] class

Alvand ['Vosper' Mk 5] class

Refitted in Britain just before the 1979 revolution, she was renamed Alvand. Sister ship Sahand was sunk by US aircraft. The Iranian navy currently includes three destroyers: the ex-HMS Sluys (a modernized 'Battle' class ship) and two ex US 'Allen M. Sumner' class vessels. The Iranians' most modern major units are the three British built frigates, commissioned in 1971-72 and refitted just before the Shah was overthrown. The Vosper Mk 5 is a mid-1960s design equipped with weapons of that period: Sea Killer (an early surface-to-surface missile), good gun armament and a Limbo ASW mortar. Sea Killer is an obsolete system in the 1990s and the Iranians may be short of missiles since they are credited with rockets taken from BM-21 multiple rocket launchers. There were four ships originally: Sahand was sunk by US Navy aircraft in April 1988, and Sabalan was crippled by a laser-guided bomb in the same action and spent two years in dock.


Specifications
Dimensions: length: 94.5 m (31 0 ft), beam 11.1 m (36 ft)

Displacement: 1118 tonnes (1100 tons)

Speed: 39 knots

Armament:
1 quintuple launcher for Sistel Sea Killer Mk 1 SSM,
1 Vickers 4.5-in DP gun,
twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
1 Limbo anti-submarine mortar

Crew: 125

Displacement = 1,540 tons full load

Nice ships

Wish Iran had more ships to play with

However I dont see the point of a Navy when the U.S air force will just bomb them from the sky.

[Arman]

Originally Posted by Aimster

Nice ships

Wish Iran had more ships to play with

However I dont see the point of a Navy when the U.S air force will just bomb them from the sky.

Well then whats the point of having an army at all... because the "U.S air force will just bomb them from the sky"... infact... why do we even eat and breath... the U.S. can bomb us at any time...

Originally Posted by Arman

Well then whats the point of having an army at all... because the "U.S air force will just bomb them from the sky"... infact... why do we even eat and breath... the U.S. can bomb us at any time...

Gulf War.

Iraq's army was superior to Iran's army.

They got owned.

An army must hide if they wish to fight U.S forces.

How is Iran going to counter the American Stealth Airplane

Originally Posted by Aimster

Gulf War.

Iraq's army was superior to Iran's army.

They got owned.

An army must hide if they wish to fight U.S forces.

It wasnt just the US against Iraq, it was 40 NATIONS vs Iraq.. US simply led the coalition.

those ship are just waste of american missiles

[Highsky]

Originally Posted by Aimster

Nice ships

Wish Iran had more ships to play with

However I dont see the point of a Navy when the U.S air force will just bomb them from the sky.

hehe what stupid you are . everything we have can hit by Us Bomb hehe
so we must have nothing because the us can bomb them

[Highsky]

Iran's Search for New Big Ships

January 15, 2006: The Iranian navy has several major warships, and is looking for some new ones. Most of the current large ships are found a class of five frigates obtained over three decades ago. Three of these frigates are British-designed Vosper Mk 5s, known as the Saam class. These frigates displace 1,250 tons, and are equipped with a 114mm gun, a twin 35mm gun, three single 20mm guns, two 50-caliber machine guns, two 81mm mortars, a Limbo ASW mortar, two triple 12.75-inch torpedo tubes, and four C-802 anti-ship missiles. The class originally consisted of four frigates, but one of these frigates, the Sahand, was sunk by American forces during Operation Preying Mantis in 1988. A second frigate, the Sabalan, was heavily damaged, but returned to service. The Sabalan reportedly operates under some speed restrictions.

Some new ships have been acquired from Russia. Two frigates are from the Bayandor-class. These 900-ton ships are equipped with two 76mm guns, a twin 40mm gun, two 20mm guns, and two 50-caliber machine guns. Two other sisters were reportedly sunk during the Iran-Iraq war.

These frigates are old in warship terms. The Saam-class vessels are pushing 35 years old. The Bayandor-class vessels are over forty years old. They are way past due for replacement. Iran has already begun acquiring some modern systems from Russia in the form of Kilo-class submarines. Iran has three of these vessels, which displace 3,076 tons submerged, and are equipped with six 21-inch torpedo tubes.
Iran is also looking into new frigates and destroyers. Iran reportedly is trying to design and build a class of destroyer, and reportedly has a class of light frigate in production. Iran also was looking into purchasing Russian frigates from the Steregushchiy-class. These modern frigates displace 1,850 tons, and are equipped with the SS-N-27 anti-ship missile (carrying twelve missiles in a vertical–launch system), three eight-round SA-N-9 missile launchers, a 100mm gun, two 30mm Gatling guns, four 15.75-inch torpedo tubes, and two four-round SA-N-8 launchers.
The Iranian navy has been suffering from years of neglect. Its major units are mostly old, and replacing them will be expensive. The Russian frigates would cost $150 million each. Iran has sought to add a large number of coastal-defense cruise missiles (a mixture of HY-4 Silkworm, C-801, and C-802 missiles). Neglect of a navy can take a while to show signs, but once the signs have shown, making things good will be expensive – a lesson the mullahs are learning the hard way. – Harold C. Hutchison

salamon alaykom my lovely brothers "Aimster, Ger Mark(a german guy who is lickin the ***** of americans and is not gonna talk abt his own ***), ofcourse your right my brothers, its waste of time bombin our military forces....and ive got a better idea.....tell ur jokes (those u told above) and our forces will kill THEMSELVES of laughing out of loud (i meant LOL, did u get me kids??!!).......and i dont care abt my engilsh so dont try to correct my mistakes lol.

[ArmAnt]

Iran should buy some modern warships.