home

fighting ships of the world

ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

COASTAL FORCES

M1 motor anti-submarine boats (1918/1921)

M1 1921

Names

M1 (ex-MAS268), later VAS1

M2 (ex-MAS273), later VAS2

Builders

Elco, Bayonne, USA: M1, 2

Completed

1918 // 1921: M1, 2

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1931-1932: VAS1, 2

  

Displacement normal, t

40.6 - 43.8

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.4

Breadth, m

3.70

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Standard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

460

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts) 900(14)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong 1916, 1 x 1 - 6.5/80, 10 DC

Electronic equipment hydrophone

Complement

15

Project history: Italian MAS C group boats, bought by Romania in 1921 for service on Danube.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2009-15