Selman-ı Pak

Selman-ı Pak

Tonnage: 98 tonnes
Length: 38.4 m.
Beam: 6.1 m.
Draught: 0.6 m.
Engines: 1 triple expansion, Yarrow & Co
Speed: 10 kts.
Armament: 1-102 mm quick firing gun | 1-76 mm quick firing gun | 1-57 mm quick firing gun | 3 machine guns.

  • Launched by the British government as Firefly in 1915.
  • Sunk and salvaged by the Turkish army in December 1915.
  • Repaired in Baghdad, and recomissioned as Selman-ı Pak.
  • Captured by a British gunboat in February 1917, recomissioned as Firefly.
  • Sunk on the Eurphrates in 1924.
Officers and crew of Selman-ı Pak