Căpitan Dumitrescu 1941
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Căpitan Dumitrescu Constantin (ex-Impatiente) | Dm | Arsenal de Brest, France | 1916 | 1917 // 1.1920 | captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (Аракс [Arax]) | ||
Locotenent-Comandor Stihi Eugen (ex-Friponne), 1991- Eugen Stihi | St, 1948- DB2, 1958- NH112 | Arsenal de Lorient, France | 1916 | 1917 // 1.1920 | captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (Ахтуба [Akhtuba]), returned 10.1945, survey vessel 1960 | ||
Locotenent Lepri Remus (ex-Chiffonne) | Lp | Arsenal de Lorient, France | 1917 | 1918 // 1.1920 | sunk 11.1.1941 | ||
Sublocotenent Ghiculescu Ion (ex-Mignonne) | Gh, 1948- DB1, 1958- NH113 | Arsenal de Brest, France | 1917 | 1918 // 1.1920 | captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (Ангара [Angara]), returned 10.1945, survey vessel 1960 |
Displacement standard, t |
375 |
Displacement full, t |
443 |
Length, m |
57.8 pp 60.2 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.00 |
Draught, m |
2.60 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Sulzer diesels |
Power, h. p. |
900 |
Max speed, kts |
14.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 30 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 100/45 M1897, 2 DCT |
Complement |
50 |
Project history: Former French 2nd class avisos of Friponne class representing specialised ASW ships. They were bought by Romania 9.1.1920.
Modernizations: 1939-1940, all: - 2 x 1 - 100/45; + 2 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30.
1939-1940, Locotenent Lepri Remus: + mines
1942-1943, all survived: + 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38
early 1944, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 37/80; + 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30
Naval service: Locotenent Lepri Remus 11.10.1941 was mined and lost off Sulina. Căpitan Dumitrescu, Locotenenet Commander Stihi Eugen and Sublocotenent Ghiculescu 5.9.1944 were captured by Soviet troops at Constanza and 14.9.1944 commissioned by Soviet Navy as Arax, Akhtuba and Angara. Akhtuba and Angara 14.10.1945 were returned to Romania as Eugen Stihi and Ion Ghiculescu. In 1960 both were converted to survey / command vessels with returning of former names Eugen Stihi and Ion Ghiculescu and discarded finally only in 2002.
Locotenent-Comandor Stihi Eugen 1935
Sublocotenent Ghiculescu 1951
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