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HIRA gunboats (1931/1941)


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Karkass

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hira (ex-شَهباز [Shahbaz])     OCP, Naples, Italy   12.9.1931 1931 // 8.1941 to Iran 1946 (شَهباز [Shahbaz])
Lal (ex-سیمرغ [Simurgh])     CNR, Palermo, Italy   3.8.1931 1931 // 8.1941 to Iran 1946 (سیمرغ [Simurgh])
Moti (ex-كركس [Karkass])     CNR, Palermo, Italy   24.8.1931 1931 // 8.1941 to Iran 1946 (كركس [Karkass])
Nilam (ex-شاهرخ [Shahrokh])     CNR, Palermo, Italy   26.7.1931 1931 // 8.1941 to Iran 1946 (شاهرخ [Shahrokh])


Technical data


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

2 Fiat diesels

Power, h. p.

900

Max speed, kts

15.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

Complement 


Standard scale images


<i>Hira </i>1941
Hira 1941


Graphics


<i>Karkass</i>
Karkass


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.