[1] A three-island iron-hulled vessel, it had two masts, one funnel and ram bow.

An American diplomat reported in 1925 that Persepolis and Mozaffari were the two largest vessels of Iran.

[5] Persepolis was built by German AG Weser at Bremen, on orders from Persian government.

[1] According to Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, she "spent most of her time at mooring, outwardly smart but rarely serviceable" because it was expensive for maintenance and its machinery was neglected.

[3] Although Conway's reports that she was scrapped about 1936,[1] the remains of her hull sit outside the Maritime Museum of the Sea and Persian Gulf in Bushehr, Iran.