IIS Shahin
Gunboat of the Imperial Iranian Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shahin (Persian: شاهین), named Pahlavi (Persian: پهلوی) from 1926 to 1935, was an Iranian naval gunboat[1][2] sunk in the World War II. She was built in Germany as FM24 in 1917 and served in the German navy during World War I as a minesweeper.
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Name | FM24 |
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Builder | J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden |
Laid down | 1917 |
Launched | 1918 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1919 |
Stricken | 29 April 1922 |
Fate | Sold |
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Renamed | Fatiya (1923) |
Homeport | Hamburg |
Fate | Sold to Iran (1923) |
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Operator | Imperial Iranian Navy |
In service | 1923–1941 |
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Homeport | Khorramshahr |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | FM1-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 135[1] or 170[2][3] tonnes |
Length | 132.5 ft (40.4 m)[1][2] |
Beam | 19.33 ft (5.89 m)[1][2] |
Draft | 4.0 ft (1.2 m)[1][2] |
Installed power | 800 indicated horsepower (0.60 MW)[1][2] |
Propulsion | 2 × Triple-expansion machinery[1][2] |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[1][2] |
Complement | 44[1][2] |
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