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ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

DR1 minesweepers (1956-1960)

DR5 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
DR1 DR1   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1956 deleted mid-1970s
DR2 DR2   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1956 deleted mid-1970s
DR3 DR3   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1956 deleted mid-1970s
DR4, 1986- Capitan Constantin Dumitrescu DR4   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1956 deleted 1996-1998
DR5, 1986- Locotenent Constantin Virtosu DR5   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1957 deleted 1996-1998
DR6, 1986- Locotenent Gheorghe Niculescu DR6   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1957 deleted 1996-1998
DR7, 1986- Locotenent Moise Pauta DR7   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1957 deleted 1996-1998
DR8, 1986- Locotenent Nicolae Stoicescu DR8   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1957 deleted 1996-1998
DR9, 1986- Locotenent Alexandru Pompilian DR9   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1958 deleted 1999-2000
DR11 DR11   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1958 deleted mid-1970s
DR12 DR12   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1958 deleted mid-1970s
DR13 DR13   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1958 deleted mid-1970s
DR14 DR14   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1958 deleted mid-1970s
DR15 DR15   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1958 deleted mid-1970s
DR16 DR16   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1958 deleted mid-1970s
DR17, 1986- Commodore Dumitru Lupascu DR17   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1958 deleted 1999-2000
DR18, 1986- Commodore Vasile Toescu DR18   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1959 deleted 1999-2000
DR19, 1986- Commodore Constantin Micoescu DR19   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1959 deleted 1999-2000
DR21 DR21   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1959 deleted mid-1970s
DR22 DR22   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1959 deleted mid-1970s
DR23 DR23   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1959 deleted mid-1970s
DR24 DR24   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1959 deleted mid-1970s
DR25 DR25   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1959 deleted mid-1970s
DR26, 1986- Capitan Adrian Vasiliu DR26   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1960 deleted 1999-2000
DR27, 1986- Capitan Constantin Istrate DR27   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1960 deleted 1999-2000
DR28, 1986- Capitan Alexandru Constantinescu DR28   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1960 deleted 1999-2000
DR29 DR29   Santieri Galati, Galatz     1960 deleted early 1980s

 

Displacement standard, t

148

Displacement full, t

161

Length, m

36.0 wl 38.0 oa

Breadth, m

5.70

Draught, m

1.56

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 3D-12 diesels

Power, h. p.

690

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil 10

Endurance, nm(kts) 500(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 45/68 21KM, 2 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 DCR (10), MT-3, OTSh mechanical, PEMT-4 magnetic, BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

Tamir-10 sonar

Complement

35 - 37

Project history: Soviet Project 255K inshore minesweepers, built under license.

Modernizations: late 1980s, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 45/68, 2 x 2 - 12.7/79; + 2 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 2 - 14.5/89

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016