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This is a list of main warships operated by the Romanian Navy during the Second World War.It includes major surface warships and submarines. Each surface warship in this list is armed with at least two main guns of a caliber greater than 4 inches (102 mm) or with torpedo tubes, and has a range of over 1,200 km (650 nautical miles).
During World War II, all four monitors were fitted for service at sea as anti-submarine escorts, each being armed with three 120 mm naval guns in single armored turrets, one 76 mm naval/AA gun, two 47 mm naval guns and two depth charge throwers (one of 760 mm and the other of 700 mm). The four warships were in service throughout both world wars.
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the founder of the Romanian Navy. The Romanian Navy was founded in 1860 as a river flotilla on the Danube. After the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the ruling Domnitor of the Romanian Principalities, decided on 22 October 1860 by order no. 173 to unify the navies into a single flotilla, the Danube Flotilla Corps. [1]
The naval war in the Black Sea commenced with the Raid on Constanța on 26 June 1941, the only encounter between major warships during the entire campaign. [1] The Romanian flotilla leader Mărăști and the destroyer Regina Maria together with the minelayer Amiral Murgescu defended the port against the Soviet cruiser Voroshilov and the Leningrad-class destroyer leaders Kharkov and Moskva.
World War II torpedo boats of Romania (6 P) Pages in category "World War II naval ships of Romania" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Cruiser-sized submarine tender, largest purpose-built Romanian warship of World War II, built in Italy and entered service in 1931 Submarines Delfinul Italy: Submarine Built in Italy for the Romanian Navy, entered service in 1930 Rechinul Romania: Submarine Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania between 1938 and 1941 Marsuinul Romania: Submarine
World War II ships of Romania (2 C) ... List of main Romanian Navy warships of World War II This page was last edited on 13 November 2020, at 12:34 (UTC). ...
Despite retaining their cruiser-typical firepower, the two ships were officially rated as destroyers by the Romanian Navy. [3] Mărăști and Mărășești were refitted at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1925, and sent back to Naples for rearming in 1926. [4] The two rearmed warships are also known as the Mărăști-class. As of 1939, when ...