PLATFORM TYPE:   VOSPER MARK 5 CLASS FRIGATE
PLATFORM NAME:   SABALAN 73

SPEED:           39KTS GAS
                 18KTS DIESEL
RANGE:           3,650 AT 18KTS
MANNING LEVEL:   125
DIMENSIONS:      310 x 36.4 x 14.1 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    1,350 FULL LOAD
POWERPLANT:      2 GAS TURBINES 44,000 HP SUSTAINED
                 2 DIESELS 3,800 HP SUSTAINED
                 2 SHAFTS

SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES:
                 1 SISTEL SEA KILLER II QUIN LAUNCHER

GUNS:            1 VICKERS 4.5 IN (114mm)/55 MK8
                 2 OERLIKON 35mm/90
                 3 OERLIKON GAM-B01 20mm
                 2  12.7mm MGs

A/S MORTARS:     1 3-TUBED LIMBO MK10

RADARS:
    (AIR/SURFACE SRCH):
                       PLESSEY AWS 1 (E/F-BAND)
    (SURFACE SRCH):    RACAL DECCA 1226 (I-BAND)
    (NAVIGATION):      DECCA 629 (I-BAND)
    (FIRE CTRL):       TWO CONTRAVES SEA HUNTER (I/J-BAND)
    (IFF):             UK MK10

COUNTERMEASURES:
    (DECOYS):          2 UK MK5 ROCKET FLARE LAUNCHERS
    (ESM):             DECCA RDL2AC RADAR WARNING
                       RACAL FH 5-HF/DF

SONARS:                GRASEBY 174 HULL-MOUNTED, ACTIVE
                       SEARCH
                       MEDIUM/HIGH FREQUENCY
                       GRASEBY 170 HULL-MOUNTED, ACTIVE
                       ATTACK
                       15KHz

COUNTRY:               IRAN
COMMENTS:              SABALAN HAD HER KIEL BROKEN BY A
                       LASER-GUIDED BOMB IN APRIL, 1988.
                       OPERATIONAL AGAIN IN LATE 1991.






 
