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ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

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V12 armoured motor gunboat (1940/1943)

V12 1944

Names

V12 (ex-¹204 [No204], ex-Á-114 [B-114])

Builders

340 Yd, Zelenodolsk, USSR // Santieri Galati, Galatz: V12

Commissioned

1940 // 11.1943: V12

Losses

V12 (9/1944 or later)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

26

Displacement full, t

30

Length, m

22.7

Breadth, m

3.54

Draught, m

0.55

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 GAM-34BS petrol engine

Power, h. p.

750

Max speed, kts

19.7

Fuel, t

petrol 1.3

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armour, mm

belt: 7, deck: 4, turrets: 45 - 30, CT: 7

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/22 L-10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/79 or 2 x 1 - 12.7/79 or 2 x 1 - 7.6/94, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94

Complement

13

 

Project history: Former Soviet armoured motor gunboat No204 (till 21.6.1941 B-114) of project 1125. 28.6.1941 on 65 km of Danube she received heavy damages from fire of Romanian marines artillery and ran aground. She was salvaged by Romanians and repaired at Galatz.

Ship protection: Hull and CT had bulletproof protection, gun was installed in standard turret of T-34 or T-28 tank.

Modernizations: None.

Fate notes: No significant events.

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