Babr 1932
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| بابر [Babr] | CNR, Palermo, Italy | 1930 | 2.8.1931 | 1932 | sunk 25.8.1941 | ||
| پلنگ [Palang] | CNR, Palermo, Italy | 1930 | 11.1931 | 1932 | sunk 25.8.1941 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
950 |
|
Displacement full, t |
~1100 |
|
Length, m |
62.4 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
9.00 |
|
Draught, m |
3.00 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Fiat diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
1900 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 120 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/35 Schneider-Armstrong 1914-15, 2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 1 - 6.5/100, 80 mines |
|
Complement |
85 |
Project history: Seaworthy sloops (sometimes rated as gunboats) with diesel machinery. Under the design 3 102mm guns should be installed, but one of them was replaced by 2 76mm AA guns.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Babr was sunk 25.8.1941 by Australian sloop Yarra in Khorramshahr; subsequently she was raised, but following under tow in Karun river mouth ran ashore and wrecked. Palang was sunk 25.8.1941 by British sloop Shoreham in harbour of Abadan; subsequently she was broken up.
Babr 1936
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