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1951

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
آذربایجان [Azerbaijan], 1946- بابلسر [Babolsar] گیلانی [Gilani], 1946- گرگان [Gorgan] مازندران [Mazandaran], 1946- سفیدرود [Sefid-Rud]	CNR, Palermo, Italy: Azerbaijan, Gilani, Mazandaran	1933: Azerbaijan, Gilani, Mazandaran 1946: Babolsar (2nd time), Gorgan (2nd time), Sefid-Rud (2nd time)	Azerbaijan (27.8.1941 Soviet СКА-1 [SKA-1]), Gilani (27.8.1941 Soviet СКА-2 [SKA-2]), Mazandaran (27.8.1941 Soviet СКА-3 [SKA-3])	none	1972: Babolsar, Gorgan, Sefid-Rud

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	28
Displacement full, t	32
Length, m	20.9
Breadth, m	3.81
Draught, m	1.07
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Krupp diesels
Power, h. p.	300
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	680(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 47/40 L/44 (Škoda)
Complement	15

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Project history

Built for service on Caspian sea. Round-bilge hull, boats had light bulletproof armour. Boats were supplied to Khorramshahr in November, 1932, whence transported to Caspian sea overland where they were ultimately completed at Bandar-Pehlevi in 1933. They served as a prototype for ordered in Italy motor boats of Azar class in 1955.

Modernizations

1946, as rearmed in Soviet service, all were armed with 1 x 1 - 45/46 21K, 1 x 1 - 12.7/78

Naval service

27.8.1941 all were captured at Bandar-Pehlevi by Soviet troops and 23.9.1941 were commissioned by Soviet Navy as SKA-1-3, since 22.11.1941 SKA-200-202, in 1946 they were returned to Iran and commissioned again on Caspian sea.