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__NOTOC__ The ''Alvand'' class was originally a class of four frigates known as the ''Saam'' class built for the pre-revolutionary Iranian Navy. They were renamed the ''Alvand'' class after the Iranian Revolution. Three remain in service since the fourth was sunk by the US Navy in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War. ==Development & Building== The ships were built in the UK by Vosper Ltd and based on their Mark 5 design with the following arms & equipment:-〔Moore, John ''Jane's Fighting Ships, 1974–75'', pub Jane's Publishing Co Ltd, 1975, ISBN 0-354-00506-5-page 175.〕 *ASuW - 1 × quintiple Sea Killer Mk2 surface-to-surface missile *AAW - 1 × triple Sea Cat surface-to-air missile launcher *ASW 1 × 3 barrelled Anti Submarine Mortar Mark 10 Limbo launcher *Guns - 1 × Mark 8 Mod 0 4.5 inch general purpose & 1 × twin 35mm Oerlikon AA *Electronics - Plessey AWS 1 air surveillance radar with on-mounted IFF; 2 × Contravenes Seahunter systems (For use with Sea cat, Sea Killer & the 35mm mount); Decca RDL 1 passive direction finding equipment They were refitted in the UK shortly before the 1979 Iranian Revolution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alvand-class frigate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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