The Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Sahand (F-74) sank in the port of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf for an unknown reason.
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The Iranian Navy lost the frigate IRIS Sahand (F-74), the ship suddenly sank in the port of Bandar Abbas for unknown reasons. Russian resources report this with reference to Iranian media.
In the port of Bandar Abbas, located in the south of Iran on the shores of the Persian Gulf, the frigate of the Iranian Navy IRIS Sahand (F-74) sank, the cause is currently unknown. Judging by the photo, the ship lay on the left side and sank to the bottom; only part of the starboard side and conning tower rises above the water. Iranian media confirm the “incident”, but for now write about some kind of accident.
It is worth noting that this frigate is quite new; it entered service on December 1, 2018. IRIS Sahand (F-74) was built at the Shahid Darvishi Marine Industries shipyard in Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz, the frigate is the third ship of the Mowj project, after Jamaran and Damavand. According to tradition, it was named after the Sahand volcano; previously this name was borne by a light frigate of the Vosper mk.5 type, built in Britain, which was lost in battle with the Americans during Operation Mantis in 1988.
Moje-class ships have a displacement of about 1500 tons and a length of 95 m; in Iran they are classified as destroyers. The crew consists of 140 people. They have reduced radar signature and can carry a helicopter; there is a special platform for this.
IRIS Sahand (F-74) is known for its passage from the Persian Gulf to the Baltic Sea in 2021, after which it took part in the Main Naval Parade of the Russian Navy.
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