Amiral Murgescu 1941
Amiral Murgescu 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Amiral Murgescu | Santieri Galati, Galatz | 8.1938 | 14.6.1939 | 5.1941 | captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (Äîí [Don]) | ||
| Cetetea Alba | Santieri Galati, Galatz | 1939 | --- | --- | cancelled |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
812 |
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Length, m |
76.9 |
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Breadth, m |
9.10 |
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Draught, m |
2.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Krupp diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2200 |
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Max speed, kts |
16 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3400(13) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/45 Bofors, 2 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 120 - 135 mines, 2 DCT |
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Complement |
78 |
Project history: Unique Romanian purpose-built minelayer and largest combat ship for that moment
built in Romania. She was projected by German-Dutch company IvS, on the basis of construction
of Dutch minelayer Jan van Brakel. Ship was built under the 1937 program.
Sister-ship Cetetea Alba was laid down in 1939, but never completed, building of two more
ships was cancelled.
Successful multi-purpose ship combining moderate dimensions and strong armament, though not having
closed mine deck; can carry 120-135 mines depending on type, mines were laid
through three mine slipways aft.
Modernizations: 1943-1944: + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38.
Naval service: 21.8.1944 Amiral Murgescu was damaged by Soviet aircraft at Constanza, 5.9.1944 captured in the same place by Soviet troops and 14.9.1944 commissioned by Soviet Navy as Don.
Amiral Murgescu
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