Azar-class patrol boat

*Azar*-class patrol boats
Class overview
Builders	CN Lamar, La Spezia, Italy
Operators	Imperial Iranian Armed Forces
Built	1954–1955
Completed	9
Scrapped	9
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	65 tons standard
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × engines
Speed	22 kn (41 km/h)
Armament	2 × machine guns
Notes

Azar (Persian: آذر) was a class of nine patrol boats that was built in Italy for the Imperial Iranian Navy.^[1] The boats were named Azar, Chahab, Derakhsh, Navak, Peykan, Tondar, Tondbad, Toufan and Tousan.^[1] Built in the early 1950s, all probably were stricken in the 1970s.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, p. 187, ISBN 978-1557501325

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[Conway's-1] Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, p. 187, ISBN 978-1557501325

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