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HUNGARIAN RIVER FLOTILLA (HUNGARY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

MAROS river minelaying boat (1928)

Maros

Names

Maros

Builders

Danubius, Budapest: Maros

Commissioned

1928: Maros

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

surrendered 5.1945 and sold mercantile: Maros

 

Displacement standard, t

?

Displacement full, t

90

Length, m

30.0

Breadth, m

5.00

Draught, m

0.80

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

280

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 8.3/66, 12 mines or mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

9

Project history: First combat ship built in Hungary after the First World War. She was built bypassing treaty limitations, and was officially classified as auxiliary netlayer.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1945 Maros surrendered to American troops. After war she was disarmed, converted to tug, in 1966 to cruise ship Hohenau, in 2005 she was renamed Fanny, and used till now.

 

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