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ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

PM271 minelayers (1980-1981)

Vice-Amiral Constantin Bălescu 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
8.1991- Vice-Amiral Ioan Murgescu PM271   Şantierul 2 Mai, Mangalia     30.12.1980 stricken 2004
8.1991- Vice-Amiral Constantin Bălescu PM274   Şantierul 2 Mai, Mangalia     16.11.1981 in service (2019)
  PM276   Şantierul 2 Mai, Mangalia     1.9.1982 stricken late 1980s

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1450

Length, m

79.0

Breadth, m

10.6

Draught, m

3.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

6400

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/70 ZIF-31, 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 4 - 14.5/93, 2 x 5 RBU-1200 ASWRL, 200 mines

Electronic equipment Nayada, MR-302 Rubka, MR-103 Bars, MR-104 Rys' radars, Tamir-11 sonar, 2x Bizan'-4 ECM suites

Complement

75

Project history: Minelaying / mine countermeasures support ships designed in Romania. PM276 was built as command ship.

Modernizations: 1990s, Vice-Amiral Ioan Murgescu: + helicopter deck

1990s, Vice-Amiral Constantin Bălescu: + 1 x 2 - 30/80 M53 (presumably)

early 2010s, Vice-Amiral Constantin Bălescu: - 1 x 1 - 57/70

Naval service: No significant events.

Vice-Amiral Constantin Bălescu 2012

© Ivan Gogin, 2019