Iranian vessel Mozaffari

Short description: Iranian naval vessel

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General characteristics
Displacement:|  400 tonnes[1][2]
Length:|  40.0 m (131 ft 3 in)[2]
Beam:|  8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)[2]
Draft:|  3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)[2]
Propulsion:|  Steam[2]
Speed:|  12 knots (22 km/h)[2]

Mozaffari[3] (Persian: مظفری) was a steam yacht that was converted to a gunboat.[1] Launched in 1899 as a Belgian merchant ship, it was purchased as a royal yacht for Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar and served Persian navy from 1902 to 1914; and again between 1918 and 1936. Royal Navy seized her in 1914 and used it until 1918 during World War I.

## History

The vessel was built in Nantes, France in 1899, according to Jane's.[4] Originally named Selika, she was owned by Robert Osterrieth.[2] Soon after it was launched, Adrien de Gerlache took over as her captain for an expedition to the Persian Gulf, seeking pearl.[5] On her journey Selika decked at Muscat and Bahrain.[6]

In April 1904, Mozaffari was used in an operation to hoist Persian flag at Abu Musa and Tunbs after removing those of Sharjah.[3]

An American diplomat reported in 1925 that Persepolis and Mozaffari were the two largest vessels of Iran.[7]

It was stricken c. 1936.[1]

## See also

* List of ship launches in 1899
* Historical Iranian Navy vessels

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gray, Randal, ed. (1985), "Persia", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, Conway Maritime Press, p. 419, ISBN 978-0851772455
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Flamm, Oswald, ed. (1900), "Persia" (in German), Schiffbau: Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Industrie auf Schiffbautechnischen und Verwandten Gebieten (Conway Maritime Press) 1: 552
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mojtahed-Zadeh, Pirouz (2013). Security and Territoriality in the Persian Gulf: A Maritime Political Geography. Routledge. pp. 196. ISBN 9781136817243.
4. ↑ Parkes, Oscar, ed. (1933), Jane's Fighting Ships 1933, Jane's Information Group, p. 387
5. ↑ Riffenburgh, Beau (2006). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic. 1. Routledge. pp. 325–326. ISBN 9780415970242.
6. ↑ O'Shea, Raymond (2013). Sand Kings Of Oman. 1. Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 9781136179730.
7. ↑ Ward, Steven R. (2014). Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces (Updated ed.). Georgetown University Press. p. 144. ISBN 9781626160651.

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