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The Mihail Kogălniceanu-class river monitor is a three-ship class of river monitors in service with the Romanian Naval Forces. They are assigned to Section I, 67th Artillery, Carrying Ships Division of the Romanian Danube Flotilla based in Brăila .
The Smârdan-class river monitor (NATO codification: Brutar II-class) is a class of riverine armored patrol boats (Vedete Blindate Fluviale) in service with the Romanian Naval Forces. Five ships of this class are currently in service with the Romanian Navy. [ 1 ]
NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu was a Brătianu-class river monitor of the Romanian Navy. She saw service in both world wars, being the most successful vessel in her class of four ships. Like her three sisters, she was initially built as a river monitor, but in early 1918, she was converted to a sea
In 1924, the Romanian river monitors helped suppress the Tatarbunary Uprising, along with the entire Romanian Danube Flotilla. In late 1980s and 1990s Romania commissioned newly built Smârdan-class river monitors (classified as large armoured boats), and three big Mihail Kogălniceanu-class river monitors, used still in the 21st century. [23]
The monitor Brătianu in 1913. The class was based on similar Austro-Hungarian river monitors, such as the Körös and Temes classes. The Romanian warships were larger and had a main armament of three 120 mm naval guns in individual turrets, two 120 mm howitzers, four QF guns of 47 mm and two 6.5 mm machine guns.
In the spring of 1941, the monitor was moved to Orșova to ensure the protection of the river traffic from any Yugoslav attempt to block the river during the German invasion of Yugoslavia. [2] On 22 June 1941, NMS Ardeal along with three other monitors and two gunboats became part of the Galați River Naval Force within the Romanian Danube ...
The Second Monitor Division, consisting of Körös and three other monitors, was tasked with shelling Giurgiu. This bombardment set fire to oil storage tanks as well as the railway station and magazines, and sank several Romanian lighters. While the attack was underway, the First Monitor Division escorted supply ships back to the Belene anchorage.
NMS Basarabia, originally named SMS Inn, was an Enns-class river monitor built by Ganz-Danubius in Budapest between 1913 and 1915. While in Austro-Hungarian Navy service, she struck a Romanian mine and sank in 1917.