A 1969 frigate?....frightening

Alborz (Persian: البرز) is an Alvand-class frigate, Vosper Mark 5, of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. It was supplied to pre-revolutionary Iran's Imperial Iranian Navy by Great Britain, dates back to the time of the Shah of Iran, and was launched in 1969.

Alborz in 2019

History Iran

• NameZaal
• NamesakeZaal
• Ordered1960
• BuilderVickers, Barrow
• Yard number1080
• Laid down3 March 1968
• Launched4 March 1969;55 years ago.
• Sponsored byAbbas Aram
• Commissioned1 March 1971
• RenamedAlborz, 1985
• NamesakeAlborz mountain range
• HomeportBandar-Abbas
• Identification
• Pennant number: 72
• Code letters: EQAB

• Statusin active service
• General characteristics
• Class and typeAlvand-class frigate
• Displacement1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load)
• Length94.5 m (310 ft 0 in)
• Beam11.07 m (36 ft 4 in)
• Draught3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
• Propulsion
• 2 shafts, 2 Paxman Ventura cruising diesels, 3,800 bhp (2,800 kW)
• 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM2 boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp (34,000 kW)

• Speed39 knots (72 km/h) max
• Range5,000 nmi (9,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
• Complement125-146
• Armament
• 8 × Noor anti-ship missiles
• 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 gun
• 1 × 30 mm Kamand CIWS
• 1 x dual 35mm Oerlikon GDF
• 2 x single 20 mm AAA
• 2 × 81 mm mortars
• 2 × 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
• 2 × triple 12.75 in torpedo tubes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS_Alborz_(72)

The Noor (Persian: نور) is a long-range anti-ship cruise missile manufactured by Iran. The missile is in primary service with the Iranian Navy. The missile is a reverse engineered Chinese C-802 anti-ship missile.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_(missile)

Interesting. I'll bet the navy already has a nasty surprise for that ship. Probably been waiting g for it to come out. It will try to attack during escort when the frigate has little room to maneuver anD is most vulnerable. Land based drones and missles lmay get launched from both sides. Like a Clancy novel. If it was me, I'd put some container missiles on the ships I'm escorting.