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SKA-1 motor launches (1935/1941)

SKA-200 1941

Names

ÑÊÀ-1 [SKA-1] (ex-آذربایجان [Azerbaijan]), 11.1941- ÑÊÀ-200 [SKA-200]

ÑÊÀ-2 [SKA-2] (ex-گیلانی [Gilani]), 11.1941- ÑÊÀ-201 [SKA-201]

ÑÊÀ-3 [SKA-3] (ex-مازندران [Mazandaran]), 11.1941- ÑÊÀ-202 [SKA-202]

Builders

CNR, Palermo, Italy: SKA-1-3

Commissioned

1935 // 9.1941: SKA1-3

Losses

none

Transfers

Iran, 1946: SKA-1 - 3 (بابلسر [Babolsar], گرگان [Gorgan], سفیدرود [Sefid-Rud)

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

28

Displacement full, t

32

Length, m

20.9

Breadth, m

3.88

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Krupp diesels

Power, h. p.

300

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil 2.4

Endurance, nm(kts) 680(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 1 x 1 - 12.7/79

Complement

15

 

Project history: Former Iranian patrol boats. 27.8.1941 they were captured at Bandar-Pehlevi (Caspian Sea) by Soviet troops and 23.9.1941 commissioned by Soviet Caspian Flotilla as SKA-1-3.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1946 they were returned to Iran and under names Babolsar, Gorgan and Sefidrud served till 1972.

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