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Persepolis

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
تخت جمشید [Persepolis]			Weser, Bremen, Germany		1885	1885	BU 1936

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1200
Displacement full, t
Length, m	63.1
Breadth, m	9.98
Draught, m	5.94
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE
Power, h. p.	450
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	4 x 1 - 66/26 G. L/26
Complement

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Project history

Officially was rated as cruiser.

Modernizations

to 1906: - 4 x 1 - 66/26; + 1 x 1 - 102/27 BL MK II/III/V/VI, 1 x 1 - 95/19 30pdr BL, 2 x 1 - 37/40 QF

Naval service

Ship spent most of her time at moorings, outwardly smart but rarely serviceable. Since 1925 she was laid up.