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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
ROMANIA
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
auxiliary minelayers of WWII
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Romania
Ships
Name |
Compl. // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t |
Dimensions, m |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dacia | 5.1907 // 1940 | A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire, France | 3418 (4500) | 108.8x12.8x8.4 | 18 | 2VTE, 6500 | 4-20, 200 mines | depot ship 1944 |
| Durostor (ex-Санкт-Петербург [Sankt-Peterburg]) | 5.1911 // 1940 | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark | 1309 | 66.1x10.4x | 11.5 | 1VTE | mines | transport 1944 |
| Regele Carol I | 6.1898 // 1940 | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 3600 (2369) | 106.7x12.8x5.6 | 18 | 2VTE, 6500 | 2-20, 160-200 mines | sunk 10.10.1941 |
| Romania | 2.1905 // 1941 | A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire, France | 3793 (4500) | 108.8x12.8x5.5 | 18 | 2VTE, 7200 | 4-20, 80 mines | sunk 11.5.1944 |
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Romania
Project history
Merchant vessels used as minelayers.
Modernizations 7.
1941, Regele Carol I: + 2 x 1 - 105/42
10/1941, Dacia: + 3 x 1 - 105/42
Naval service
Dacia was used as depot ship since 1944, 21.8.1944 she was hard damaged during raid of Soviet aircraft at Constanza. 5.9.1944 she was transferred under Soviet control, later towed off to the USSR and 4.11.1944 commissioned by Soviet Navy as TS Desna. Regele Carol I was lost 10.10.1941 at Cape Galata (off Varna) on a mine, laid by Soviet submarine L-5. Romania In December 1942 - November, 1943 was used as depot ship for German MTBs. She was sunk 11.5.1944 by Soviet aircraft S of Sevastopol (may be, abandoned ship was sunk by torpedoes from Soviet MTBs 12.5.1944). Durostor was sunk by Soviet aircraft at Sevastopol 12.5.1944.
