IRIS Damavand (77)
{{Short description|Iranian frigate}}
{{other ships|Iranian ship Damavand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Damavand shipo.jpg |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=Iran |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Iran|naval}} |Ship name=Damavand |Ship namesake=Mount Damavand |Ship ordered=2006 |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Shahid Tamjidi Marine Industries, Bandar-e Anzali,{{cite web|url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/202090/%D9%87%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%BA%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%98%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3|title=همه تغییرات و ویژگیهای جدیدترین ناوشکن ایران +عکس|date=19 March 2013|access-date=9 July 2018}} Iran |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=28 November 2007{{citation|first=Paul H.|last=Silverstone|title=Naval Intelligence|journal=Warship International|publisher=International Naval Research Organization|volume=45|number=1|date=2008|pages=13–14 |jstor=44895054}} |Ship launched=17 March 2013 |Ship sponsor=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 9 March 2015{{citation|first=Paul H.|last=Silverstone|title=Naval Intelligence|journal=Warship International|publisher=International Naval Research Organization|volume=52|number=3|date=September 2015|page=188|jstor=44894486}} |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship home-port=Bandar Anzali |Ship identification=
|Ship motto= |Ship nickname=Jamaran-2, Velayat |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship status= Under repair |Ship fate |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass2|Moudge|frigate}} |Ship displacement=1,500 tons |Ship length={{convert|94.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|11.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|3.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=2 engine, 2 × {{convert|10,000|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}}, 4 diesel generators, 4 × {{convert|550|kW|abbr=on}} |Ship speed={{convert|30|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship complement=120-140 |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= Asr 3D PESA long-range radar |Ship EW= 2 × 8 chaff launcher |Ship armament=
|Ship armor= |Ship aircraft=1 × Bell 212 ASW |Ship aircraft facilities= Helicopter landing pad |Ship notes= }} |
Damavand ({{langx|fa|ناوشکن دماوند}}), also known as Jamaran-2 ({{lang|fa|جماران ۲}}) and Velayat ({{lang|fa|ولایت}}),{{cite news |url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8901260430 |title=ناوشكن ولايت به ناوگان ارتش ايران ميپيوندد |publisher=Fars News Agency |language=fa |access-date=29 June 2015 |archive-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901111048/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8901260430 |url-status=dead }} was the second ship of the Iranian {{sclass2|Moudge|frigate|4}} of frigates and the flagship of the northern fleet.{{citation|first=Paul|last=Goble|title=Iran Expanding Its Naval Presence in the Caspian|url=https://jamestown.org/program/iran-expanding-its-naval-presence-in-the-caspian/|journal=Eurasia Daily Monitor|volume=17|issue=75|date=28 May 2020}} The class appeared to be a development of the {{sclass|Alvand|frigate|4}}. It was named Damavand after inauguration in the Caspian Sea. She sank on 28 January 2018, after hitting the breakwater at Bandar-e Anzali on 10 January.
Design and construction
On 23 February 2010, the Iranian media reported that the production of the ship had commenced. The ship has the ability to carry helicopters, anti-ship missiles, surface-to-air missiles, torpedoes, modern guns and air defence guns. The vessel is also equipped with electronic warfare devices.Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA). [http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-882301 Destroyer production line inaugurated in Iran (Wave II)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207125140/http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-882301 |date=7 February 2012 }}. 23 February 2007.
The warship uses a new modern flat-type, phased array radar, which was being tested in 2011. The development of this new device took more than it was anticipated and delayed the launch of the vessel to March 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/68549/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%86-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 |title=جزئيات نصب رادارهای مدرن بر روي ناوشكن جماران |language=fa|publisher=Mashregh News |access-date=29 June 2015}} The fire control radar is also replaced by a modern radar dome. New sensors, e-warfare devices and radars are also installed on the vessel, further enhancing its capabilities. The frigate has a central attack and warfare management command control system integrated inside its systems, allowing the ship to track 100 surface, sub-surface, and air targets simultaneously and choose the best in-order to attack them.{{cite news |url=http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/201886/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%86-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%862-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF |title=ناوشکن جماران2 به آب انداخته شد |language=fa|publisher=Mashregh News |access-date=29 June 2015}}
Service history
Damavand, previously known as Velayat, was launched in March 2013 in the Caspian Sea near the northern port city of Bandar-Anzali.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} Damavand tested its engines and performed a SAT test in the Caspian Sea from 16 to 17 July 2014. Damavand officially joined the Navy on 9 March 2015.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
On 10 January 2018 Damavand was based out of Bandar-Anzali on the Caspian Sea.{{cite web |url=http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/destroyer-navy-iran-flew-breakwater-caspian-sea/ |title=Destroyer of the Navy of Iran Flew Into a Breakwater in the Caspian Sea |publisher=Maritime Herald |access-date=11 January 2018 |date=11 January 2018 }} It is believed probable that the incident was the result of navigational error, affected by a strong storm in the area which creating high wave heights and low visibility in the area. During the incident six members of the ship's crew fell overboard. Four of those crew members were later rescued, two are currently considered missing by media sources. The Iranian Navy declined to confirm the reporting. There has been little information released in reference to the cause of the grounding, with exception to statements of wave height and visibility caused by the storm at the time of the grounding.
A video circulated in the Iranian media shows Damavand had fully sunk in the Caspian Sea a couple of weeks after it suffered damages during the stormy weather of Anzali Port. This will possibly result in the ship being struck from the active commission list of Moudge-class frigates.{{cite web|url=http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/destroyer-navy-iran-flew-breakwater-caspian-sea/|title=Destroyer of the Navy of Iran Flew Into a Breakwater in the Caspian Sea - Maritime Herald|date=11 January 2018|access-date=9 July 2018}}
On 5 August 2019, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, was quoted (by Jane's Defence Weekly) as saying, "The destroyer has been fully revived and this has been done in 18 months." The admiral also said that the ship would be returned to service before the end of the current year (of the Iranian calendar; 19 March 2020). However, the hull of a similar ship has been seen in satellite images, being built at the Caspian Sea port of Bandar-e Anzali.{{cite journal |last1=Binnie |first1=Jeremy |date=2019-08-06 |title=Iran building replacement Caspian frigate with VLS |url=http://www.ihsmarkit.com/janes |journal= Jane's Defence Weekly |volume=56 |issue=33 |pages=19 |access-date=2019-09-09 | name-list-style=vanc }}
In popular culture
Iranian singer-songwriter Amir Tataloo filmed music video of his song Energy Hastei ({{literal translation|Nuclear Energy}}) aboard Damavand, that became viral amidst the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.{{citation|first=Emanuele|last=Bobbio|title=Winning Back the "Left Behind": Iran's New Nationalist Agenda|jstor=resrep19666|publisher=Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)|date=9 May 2018|jstor-access=free|page=8}}
See also
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