Iranian vessel Mozaffari

History
Belgium
NameSelika
OwnerRobert Osterrieth
Launched1899
HomeportAntwerp
FateSold
History
Iran
NamesakeMozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
OperatorPersian Customs
Acquired1902
Commissioned1903
RenamedMozaffari
Captured1914
History
United Kingdom
OperatorRoyal Navy
Recommissioned1914
Decommissioned1918
Refit1918
HomeportBombay
FateReturned to Iran
History
Iran
OperatorImperial Iranian Navy
Recommissioned1918
Strickenc. 1936
FateStricken c.1936
General characteristics
Displacement400 tonnes[1][2]
Length40.0 m (131 ft 3 in)[2]
Beam8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)[2]
Draft3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)[2]
PropulsionSteam[2]
Speed12 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 the vessel until 1918 during World War I.

  1. ^ a b Gray, Randal, ed. (1985), "Persia", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, Conway Maritime Press, p. 419, ISBN 978-0851772455
  2. ^ a b c d e f Flamm, Oswald, ed. (1900), "Persia", Schiffbau: Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Industrie auf Schiffbautechnischen und Verwandten Gebieten (in German), 1, Conway Maritime Press: 552
  3. ^ Mojtahed-Zadeh, Pirouz (2013). Security and Territoriality in the Persian Gulf: A Maritime Political Geography. Routledge. p. 196. ISBN 9781136817243.