Iranian frigate Alborz (in Persian البرز), a British-made Vosper Mark V class frigate (also known as the Alvand class in Iran), was commissioned in 1971 as part of a four-ship order. The ship was originally called Zaal, named after Zaal, a mythical warrior of ancient Iran (son of Sām and father of Rostam) and an important character in the Shahnameh. But after the Islamic Revolution it was renamed Alborz, after the Alborz mountain range. In January 2010 the ship was sent to the Gulf of Aden, to help protect ships from Somali Piracy.