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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

ex-Iranian gunboats

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hira (RIM) (ex-Chahbaaz)   OCP, Naples, Italy   12/9/1931 1931 // 8/1941 to Iran 1946 (Chahbaaz)
Lal (RIM) (ex-Simorgh)   CNR, Palermo, Italy   3/8/1931 1931 // 8/1941 to Iran 1946 (Simorgh)
Moti (RIM) (ex-Karkass)   CNR, Palermo, Italy   24/8/1931 1931 // 8/1941 to Iran 1946 (Karkass)
Nilam (RIM) (ex-Chahrokh)   CNR, Palermo, Italy   26/7/1931 1931 // 8/1941 to Iran 1946 (Chahrokh)

 

 

Displacement standard, t

331

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

51.8 pp

Breadth, m

6.70

Draught, m

1.83

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Fiat diesels

Power, h. p.

900

Max speed, kts

15.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Complement

 

Ship project history: Iranian gunboats captured by British troops 25/8/1941, used as training and patrol ships in Bombay.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: No significant events.

Karkass

 

 

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