Iranian vessel Mozaffari
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Belgium | |
| Name | Selika |
| Owner | Robert Osterrieth |
| Launched | 1899 |
| Home port | Antwerp |
| Fate | Sold |
| History | |
 Iran | |
| Namesake | Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar |
| Operator | Persian Customs |
| Acquired | 1902 |
| Commissioned | 1903 |
| Renamed | Mozaffari |
| Captured | 1914 |
| History | |
 United Kingdom | |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Commissioned | 1914 |
| Decommissioned | 1918 |
| Refit | 1918 |
| Home port | Bombay |
| Fate | Returned to Iran |
| History | |
 Iran | |
| Operator | Imperial Iranian Navy |
| Recommissioned | 1918 |
| Stricken | c. 1936 |
| Fate | Stricken c.1936 |
| 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 the vessel until 1918 during World War I.