IRIS Sabalan (73)

	IRIS Sabalan.
History
Iran
Name	IIS Rostam
Namesake	Rostam
Ordered	1960
Builder	Vickers, High Walker (hull only); Vickers, Barrow;
Yard number	190 (High Walker); 1079 (Barrow);
Launched	4 March 1969; 56 years ago.
Commissioned	26 May 1972
Renamed	Sabalan, 1985
Namesake	Sabalan mountain
Recommissioned	1991
Refit	1988–1991
Homeport	Bandar-Abbas
Identification	Pennant number: 73; Code letters: EQAC; ;
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Alvand-class frigate
Displacement	1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load)
Length	94.5 m (310 ft)
Beam	11.07 m (36.3 ft)
Draught	3.25 m (10.7 ft)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Paxman Ventura cruising diesels, 3,800 bhp (2,830 kW), 17 knots (31 km/h); 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM2 boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp (34,300 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	4 (reportedly now 12) × C-802 anti-ship missiles; 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun; 1 × twin 35 mm AAA, 2 x single 20 mm AAA; 2 × 81 mm mortars; 2 × 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns; 1 x Limbo ASW mortar; 2 x triple 12.75 in torpedo tubes;

Sabalan (Persian: سبلان) is an Alvand-class frigate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. She was launched in 1969.

Commissioned in June 1972 as part of a four-ship order, the Sabalan was originally named IIS Rostam, after Rostam, a legendary hero in the Shahnameh. It was renamed after the Islamic revolution after Sabalan, the Iranian mountain.