The Romanian Royal Army

The Romanian Maritime Warships

Distrugătoare (Destroyers).

"R"-type:
  • N.M.S. "Regele Ferdinand"
  • N.M.S. "Regina Maria"
Built Italy: 1928 (Ferdinand), 1929 (Maria)
Crew212
Weight1850 tons
Length / Width101,9 / 9,6 m
Draught3,5 m
Max. speed37 knots
Range3000 miles at 15 kts
EngineParson, 48000 H.P.
Armament 5 x 120 mm guns (from 1944: 4 x 120 mm)
1 x 88 mm AA gun (from 1944)
1 x 76 mm gun
2 x 37 mm AA guns
4 x 20 mm AA guns ?
2 x 13,2 mm twin AA MGs
2 x 3 x 533 mm T.L.T.
2 depth charge launchers
50 x A.S. mines or 40 x depth charges
"S" Gerat submarine detection system (from 1943)

"M"-type:
  • N.M.S. "Mărăști"
  • N.M.S. "Mărășești"
 BuiltItaly: 1917 (Mărăști), 1918 (Mărășești)
Crew139
Weight1410 (1723) tons
Length / Width94,4 / 9,5 m
Draught3,5 m
Speed31 knots (22-24 Mărăști, 34 Mărășești)
Range1700 miles at 15 kts
Armament4 x 120 mm guns
2 x 37 mm AA guns (4 x 37 from 1944)
4 x 20 mm AA guns (from 1944)
2 x 13,2 mm twin AA MGs
2 x 2 x 533 mm T.L.T. (2 x 2 x 450 mm ?)
2 depth charge launchers
50 x A.S. mines or 40 x depth charges

Torpiloare Escortoare (Escort Torpedo-Boats).

"S"-type:
  • N.M.S. "Sborul"
  • N.M.S. "Smeul"
  • N.M.S. "Năluca"*
 BuiltAustro-Hungary: 1914
Crew45 (38 ?)
Weight266 (267) tons
Length / Width58,76 (57,4?) / 5,84 m
Draught1,5 m
Speed24 knots
Range1000 Miles at 16 kts
Armament 2 x 76 mm guns (1 x 66 mm AA gun ?)
1 x 37 mm AA gun
1 x 20 mm gun
Sborul: 2 x 450 mm T.L.T.

* bombed and sunk on 20.8.1944

Vedete Torpiloare (MTB - Motor Torpedo-Boats).

"Vosper"-type
  • N.M.S "Viforul" (Nr.1)*
  • N.M.S. "Vijelia" (Nr.2)*
  • N.M.S. "Viscolul" (Nr.3)
BuiltGreat Britain, 1939
Crew14
Weight28 (47?) tons
Length / Width23,3 / 6,4 m
Draught0,9 m
Speed43 (41? 40?) knots
EngineIsotta-Fraschini 3600 H.P.
Armament 2 x 4 x 8 mm MGs ? (2 x 4 x 20 mm ?)
2 x 533 mm T.L.T.
4 (6?) x depth charges

* sunk by debris from a mining on 9.11.1941

"Power" (Gusto) -type
  • N.M.S."Vedenia" (Nr.4)
  • N.M.S. "Vântul" (Nr.5)
  • N.M.S. "Vijelia" (Nr.6)
  • N.M.S. "Viforul" (Nr.7)
  • N.M.S. "Vârtejul" (Nr.8)
  • N.M.S. "Vulcanul" (Nr.9)
BuiltNetherlands 1940, finished Galați 1942
Crew14
Weight57 tons
Length / Width28 / 7,6 m
Draught1,2 m
Speed35 (34?) knots*
Engine3 x Rolls Royce Merlin III
Armament 2 x 20 mm AA guns
1 x 13,2 mm MG ?
4 (2?) x 533 mm T.L.T.

*in fact the maximum speed was about 20-25 kts.

Canoniere-Dragoare (Gunboats Mine Dredgers).

"C"-type:
  • N.M.S. "Lt.Comandor Eugen Stihi"
  • N.M.S. "Căpitan Dumitrescu Constantin"
  • N.M.S. "Sublocotenent Ghiculescu Ion"
  • N.M.S. "Lepri"*
 Built France: 1916 (Stihi, Dumitrescu), 1917 (Ghiculescu, Lepri)
Crew50
Weight350 t (Ghiculescu), 390 t (Dumitrescu), 450 t (Stihi)
Length / Width60,9 / 6,9 m (Ghiculescu: 59,74 / 7,06 m)
Draught2,5 m (Ghiculescu: 2 m)
Speed15 knots
Range3000 Miles at 10 kts
Engine2 x Sulzer (Diesel) 9000 H.P.
Armament 1 x 88 mm submarine gun from ~1944
2 x 37 mm AA gun (from ~1944: 1 x 37 mm)
1 x 20 mm AA gun (from ~1944)
2 depth charge launchers

*11.1.1941: mined and sunk by accident.

Submarine (Submarines).

  • N.M.S. "Delfinul"
 BuiltItaly: 1930, finished 1936
Crew40
Weigth650 / 900 tons (imersion)
Length / Width68 / 5,9 m
Draught3,6 m
Speed14 / 9 knots (imersion)
EnginesSulzer (Diesel) 2 x 1600 H.P.
Range2000 Miles / 15 days
Periscopes2 x Zeiss
Armament1 x 102 mm gun
6 x 533 mm T.L.T. (4 bow, 2 stern, no reserve)

  • N.M.S. "Rechinul"
 BuiltRomania, 1941*
Crew45
Weigth585 / 680 tons (imersion)
Length / Width58 / 5,6 m
Draught3,6 m
Speed17 / 9 knots (imersion)
Range7000 Miles / 45 days
Armament1 x 88 mm gun
1 x 20 mm AA gun
10 x 533 mm T.L.T. (4 bow, 2 stern, 4 reserve)

* a Dutch/German design related to the German Type IA U-boat.

  • N.M.S. "Marsuinul"
BuiltRomania, 1941*
Crew45
Weigth508/630 tons (imersion)
Length / Width68,7 / 6,5 m
Draught3,6 m
Speed16 / 9 knots (imersion)
Range8000 Miles / 45 days
Armament1 x 88 mm gun
1 x 20 mm AA gun
6 x 533 mm T.L.T. (4 bow, 2 stern, no reserve)

* a Dutch/German design related to the German Type IA U-boat.

  • CB 1, CB 2, CB 3, CB 4, CB 5, CB 6.
 BuiltItaly
Crew3
Weigth36/45 tons (imersion)
Length / Width15 / 3 m
Draught2,1 m
Speed7 / 7,5 knots (imersion)
EnginesIsotta Fraschini (Diesel) 90 Brown-Boweri (Electric) 100
Range450 Miles
Armament2 x 450 mm T.L.T.

Navă-bază submarine (Submarine Depot Ship)

  • N.M.S. "Constanța"
 BuiltItaly, 1931
Weight1350 (1609) tons
Speed14 knots
Armament2 x 76 mm AA guns
2 x 20 mm AA guns
2 x 2 x 13,2 mm MGs

Puitoare de Mine (Mine layers).

  • N.M.S. "Amiral Murgescu"
BuiltRomania, 1939 (1941?)
Crew80
Weight812 tons
Length / Width77 / 9,1 m
Draught2,5 m
Speed16 knots
Range3400 Miles at 12 kts
Engines2 x Krupp (Diesel) 2 x 1100 H.P.
Armament2 x 102 mm guns
2 x 37 mm AA guns
2 x 13,2 mm twin MGs ? (4 x 20 mm AA guns)
2 depth charge launchers
135 (max. 200 ?) A.S. mines

  • S.R.D. "Aurora" (commd.)
 Built1909 (refurnished 1937)
Weight237 tons
Speed20 knots
Armament2 x 13,2 mm MGs
Maximum 40 mines

Fate: sunk on 14.7.1941

  • S.M.R. "Regele Carol I"
(commd. passenger ship fitted out as a mine layer)		 Built1898
Crew80
Weight2369 (3600) tons
Speed18 (17 ?) knots, but 13,3 kts in 1940
Length / Width106,7 / 10,37 (350 x 42 x 18,5 m ?)
Engine650 H.P.
Armament2 x 105 mm guns
2 x 20 mm guns
Maximum 200 A.S. mines

Fate: mined and sunk in Black Sea 14.10.1941

  • S.M.R. "Dacia"*
(commd. passenger ship fitted out as a mine layer)		 Built1907
Weight3146 (4505, 3418 ?) tons
Speed18 knots, but 14,2 kts in 1940
Length / Width356,9 / 41,9 m
Draught27,5 m
Armament2 x 20 mm guns
3 x 105 mm guns
Maximum 200 A.S. mines

Fate: sunk on 10.10.1941 (or bombed and damaged on 21.8.1944 ?)

  • S.M.R. "Durostor"
(commd. cargo boat fitted out as a mine layer)		 Built1911
Weight1410 (1309 ?) tons
Speed8,5 knots, but 7,4 kts in 1940
Length / Width217 / 34 m
Draught21,4 m

Fate: bombed, torpedoed and sunk in Black Sea on 12.5.1944.

Remorchere-Dragoare (Tugs-Mine Dredger): hired from the Germans, equipped with a magnetic dredge.

  • "A" (Amsel)
  • "B" (Brusterort)*
  • "D" (Drossel)*
  • "F" (Forsch)
 Armament 1 x 20 mm AA guns
2 depth charge launchers

*sunk in October 1941

Nave de siguranță antisubmarină (Antisubmarine Security Ships - Tugs).

Military Tugs:
  • "Locotenent Stoicescu"*
  • "Sublocotenent Vârtosu"
 WeightCca 250 tons
Armament 1 x 20 mm AA guns
1 x 2 x 13,2 mm MGs
Tugs:
  • "Inginer Cazimir" (commd.)
  • "Inginer Pâsla" (commd.)
  
Armament 1 x 20 mm AA guns
Tugs:
  • "Istria" (commd.)
  • "I.G.Duca"
  • "Ovidiu"
  • S.R.D. "Negoiul"
  
Iaht: "Dor de Mare"  

*sunk in the winter 1943/1944.

Vânătoare de submarine cu sonar /KFK-Kriegfishkutter/ (Sonar-Submarine Hunters).

  • V.S. Nr.1, V.S. Nr.2, V.S. Nr.3
Speed12 knots
Armament 1 x 20 mm AA guns
1 x 37 mm guns
2 depth charge launchers

Pontoane de transport cu motor + P.T.A. (Motor Transport Pontoons)

  • P.T.A. Nr.1, P.T.A. Nr.2, P.T.A. Nr.3
 Armament 1 x 88 mm guns
2 x 20 mm guns
4 depth charge launchers

Nave pentru dragaj la mare (Maritime Mine Dredgers).

  • Remorcher "Basarabia"
Armament 1 x 20 mm guns

Remorchere pentru transport. (Maritime Transport Tugs).

  • "Elena"* (commd.)
  • "Oltul"** (commd.)
  • "Mureșul" (commd.)
  • "Arlon" (commd.)
  • "Ardealul"*** (commd.)
  • "Amarilis"*** (commd.)
 Armament 2 x 20 mm guns
2 depth charge launchers

*sunk in November 1942
**sunk in October 1942
***sunk in 1944.

Alte nave maritime (Other Maritime Vessels). See also the list of Romanian Merchant Vessels.

  • Cargoul S.M.R. "Alba Iulia" (commd.)
 Built1922
Weight5700 tons
Speed10,5 knots, but 9,6 kts in 1940
Length / Width/Draught409,8 / 53,9 / 23,7 m

  • Cargoul "Danubius"* (private cargo boat, commd.)
Weight1489 tons

*Fate: bombed and sunk in the Blak Sea on 11.5.1944.

  • Petrolier S.S.R. "Câmpina" (private oil tanker, commd.)
 Weight3032 (5311 ?) tons

*Fate: sunk by British in Meditarean, 1942.

T.L.T. = Tuburi Lans-Torpile = Torpedo Tubes = TT.

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