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The Iranian Navy has lost the frigate IRIS Sahand (F-74), the ship suddenly sank in the port of Bandar Abbas for unknown reasons. This is reported by Russian resources with reference to Iranian media.
The Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Sahand (F-74) sank in the port of Bandar Abbas, located in the south of Iran on the Persian Gulf coast, the cause is currently unknown. Judging by the photo, the ship lay down on the left side and went to the bottom, only part of the starboard side and the conning tower rise above the water. The Iranian media confirm the "incident", but so far they are writing 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 shore of the Strait of Hormuz, the frigate is the third ship of the Mowj project, after Jamaran and Damavand. Traditionally, it was named after the Sahand volcano, before this name was borne by the British-built Vosper mk.5 light frigate, which died in battle with the Americans during Operation Mantis in 1988.
Image source: topwar.ru
Image source: topwar.ru
Moje-type ships have a displacement of about 1,500 tons and a length of 95 m, and are classified as destroyers in Iran. The crew consists of 140 people. They have reduced radar visibility, can carry a helicopter, and there is a special platform for this.
IRIS Sahand (F-74) is known for making the transition from the Persian Gulf to the Baltic Sea in 2021, after which he took part in the Main Naval Parade of the Russian Navy.
