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ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

NĂLUCA torpedo boats (1888)

Names

Năluca

Sborul

Smeul

Builders

Normand, Le Havre, France: Năluca, Sborul, Smeul

Completed

1888: Năluca, Sborul, Smeul

Losses

Smeul (16.4.1917)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1919: Năluca, Sborul

 

Displacement normal, t

56

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

36.8

Breadth, m

3.45

Draught, m

0.90

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

540

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal 7

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 356 TT (bow), 1 spar torpedo

Complement

20

Project history: Small torpedo boats.

Modernizations: 1907, Năluca, Sborul: - 1 x 5 - 37/17; + 1 x 1 - 8.80

Naval service: Smeul was mined 16.4.1917 in the Danube estuary.

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