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ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

VD141 river minesweepers (1976-1981)

Names

VD141

VD142, 3.2005- Locotenent Alexandrru Cristodorescu

VD143, 3.2005- Locotenent-comandor Alexandru Balas

VD144 - 146

VD147, 3.2005- Locotenent-comandor Constantin Constantinescu

VD148, 3.2005- Locotenent Constantin Beiu

VD149, 3.2005- Locotenent Paul Apostolescu

VD150, 3.2005- Locotenent-comandor Nicolae Filip

VD151, 3.2005- Locotenent Aurel Cornăţeanu

VD152, 153

VD154, 3.2005- Sublocotenent Marin Dumitrescu

VD155, 156

VD157, 3.2005- Căpitan Tiberiu Sarban

VD158

VD159, 3.2005- Aspirant Cristian Zlatian

VD160 - 162

VD163, 3.2005- Locotenent Mircea Metz

VD164

VD165, 3.2005- Locotenent Ion Alexandrescu

Builders

Şantierul Naval, Drobeta Turnu Severin: VD141

Completed

1976: VD141-146

1977: VD147-149

1978: VD150-160

1979: VD161

1981: VD162-165

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2003: VD141, 144 - 146, 152, 153, 155, 156, 160, 164

2004: VD158, 161, 162

in service (2019): VD142, 143, 147-151, 154, 157, 159, 163, 165

 

Displacement standard, t

65

Displacement full, t

97

Length, m

33.2

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

0.95

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

870

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

250(12)

Armament

2 x 2 - 14.5/93, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment R722/2 radar

Complement

18

Project history: Riverine minesweeping boats.

Modernizations: 2003-2005, Locotenent-comandor Alexandru Balas, Locotenent-comandor Constantin Constantinescu, Locotenent Constantin Beiu, Locotenent Paul Apostolescu, Locotenent-comandor Nicolae Filip, Locotenent Aurel Cornăţeanu, Căpitan Tiberiu Sarban, Aspirant Cristian Zlatian: - 1 x 2 - 14.5/93; + 1 x 2 - 30/70 M53

Naval service: No significant events.

VD150 1999

© Ivan Gogin, 2019