| Name: | ROSTAM (hull only) |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Keel: | 10/12/1967 |
| Launched: | 04/03/1969 |
| Completed: | 26/05/1972 |
| Builder: | Vickers Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker & Barrow |
| Yard Number: | 190 & 1079 |
| Dimensions: | 1100disp - 1540disp, 310.0 x 36.3 x 10.7(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Paxman Ventura cruising diesels, 3,800 bhp; |
| 2 x Rolls Royce Olympus TM2 boost gas turbines, 46,000 shp | |
| Engines by: | Davey, Paxman & Co Ltd, Colchester; Rolls Royce, Bristol |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 39.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 1 x 4.5ins, 1 x 2 x 35mm AA, 2 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
| 4 x anti-ship missiles; 1 x ASW mortar; 2 x 3 x 12.75 torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 06/1972 | Iranian Navy |
| 1985 | Renamed SALABAN |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Member of the Alvand class of Iranian frigates |
| One of a four ship order for Vosper Thornycroft, two were subcontracted to Vickers Ltd | |
| One, hull only, was built at Walker and then outfitted at Barrow | |
| Overall design was based on a Vosper Mark V class | |
| 1985: Renamed as a result of the Islamic revolution of 1979 | |
| 18/04/1988: Badly damaged by a bomb from US carrier aircraft | |
| This was as a retaliation for Iranian mine damage to US warship | |
| Subsequently repaired and returned to service |
Above photo as SABALAN is courtesy of Photoship
Above plan is of a Vosper Mark V frigate, copyright of Dr Dan Saranga