List of frigates of Iran

This is a list of frigates of Iran, which have served in the Imperial Iranian Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

This article is about contemporary frigates. For Iranian frigates during Age of Sail, see Afsharid navy § Equipment.

Commissioned

Ship	Hull number	Class	Picture	Service			Origin
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
IRIS Alvand (ex-IIS Saam)[1]	71[1] (ex-DE 12)[2]	Alvand class		22 May 1967[2]	25 July 1968[2]	20 May 1971[2]	United Kingdom[1]
IRIS Alborz (ex-IIS Zaal)[1]	72[1] (ex-DE 14)[2]			3 March 1968[2]	4 March 1969[2]	1 March 1971[2]	United Kingdom[1]
IRIS Sabalan (ex-IIS Rostam)[1]	73[1] (ex-DE 16)[2]			10 December 1967[2]	4 March 1969[2]	26 June 1972[2]	United Kingdom[1]
IRIS Jamaran	76[3]	Moudge class		2004[3]	28 November 2007[3]	19 February 2010[3]	Iran[3]
IRIS Sahand	74[3]			2010[3]	2015[3]	2016[3]	Iran[3]

Decommissioned

Ship	Hull number	Class	Picture	Service				Origin
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
IRIS Damavand	77[3]	Moudge class		2009[3]	13 March 2013[3]	9 March 2015[3]	Out of service since 10 January 2018	Iran[3]
IRIS Sahand (ex-IIS Faramarz)[1]	74[1] (ex-DE 18)[2]	Alvand class		25 July 1968[2]	30 July 1969[2]	28 February 1972[2]	Sunk by U.S. Navy, 19 April 1988[2]	United Kingdom[1]
IIS Babr (ex-HMS Derby Haven)[2]	None[2]	Loch class		11 February 1944[2]	14 December 1944[2]	July 1949[2]	Decommissioned on 30 October 1969, stricken in 1972[2]	United Kingdom[2]
IIS Palang (ex-HMS Fly)[4]	None[4]	Algerine class		6 October 1941[5]	1 June 1942[5]	1949[4]	Decommissioned in December 1966, stricken in 1972[4]	United Kingdom[4]

Future

Ship	Class	Picture	Service		Origin
			Laid down	Launched
IRIS Dena[6]	Moudge class[3]		2012[3]	2015[3]	Iran[3]
IRIS Taftan[6]			2013[3]	2016[3]
IRIS Shiraz[6]			2014[3]	2017[3]

References

Footnotes

1. Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, p. 384
2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, p. 184
3. Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, p. 385
4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, p. 188
5. Jane's Fighting Ships 1953–1954, p. 275
6. "Iranian navy building 3 new destroyers: Sayyari", Mehr News Agency, 27 September 2019, 150535, retrieved 15 July 2020

Sources

• Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, pp. 183–188, ISBN 978-1557501325
• Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, pp. 382–395, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
• Blackman, Raymond, ed. (1953), "Persia", Jane's Fighting Ships 1953–1954, Jane's Fighting Ships, London: Sampson Low, Martson & Co, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075