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IRIS Sahand (1969)

IRIS Sahand was a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate commissioned as part of a four-ship order. She was launched in 1969. The ship was originally called Faramarz, named after a character in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution she was renamed Sahand, after the Sahand volcano.

Construction
On 10 May 1970, she was damaged by fire while fitting out. ==Service history==
Service history
The Iranian Navy ship was sunk in Operation Praying Mantis on 18 April 1988. Located by two American A-6E Intruders of Attack Squadron VA-95 steaming roughly southwest of Larak Island, she was hit by two Harpoon missiles and four AGM-123 Skipper II laser-guided missiles. A pair of Rockeye cluster bombs from the aircraft and a single Harpoon from the destroyer finished the destruction of the ship. ==See also==
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