Bucovina 1920
Bucovina 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bucovina (ex-Soca, ex-Sava) | 7/1951- M205 | STT, Linz, Austria-Hungary | 1914 | 31.5.1915 | 9/1915 // 4.1920 | captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (Измаил [Izmail]), returned 7.1951, stricken 1959 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
580 |
|
Displacement full, t |
? |
|
Length, m |
62.2 |
|
Breadth, m |
10.3 |
|
Draught, m |
1.30 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1750 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 60 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armour, mm |
belt: 40, deck: 25, CT: 50 |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 120/42 G. L/45, 2 x 1 - 120/8 Haub. L/10, 2 x 1 - 66/24 G. L/26 K.15 BAK, 2 x 1 - 47/40 SFK L/44 (Skoda), 7 x 1 - 8.3/66 |
|
Complement |
91 |
Project history: Former Austro-Hungarian Sava. 31.12.1918 she was interned by Government of Yugoslavia at Novi Sad and commissioned by Yugoslavian Danube flotilia as Soca. Under the treaty of division of Austro-Hungarian fleet she was transferred 15.4.1920 to Romania and renamed Bucovina.
Ship protection: Hull had 40mm vertical and 25mm horizontal protection.
Modernizations: late 1930s: - 2 x 1 - 120/8, 2 x 1 - 66/24, 2 x 1 - 47/40, 7 x 1 - 8.3/66; + 3 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 2 - 13.2/76.
(1942-1943): + 1 x 2 - 120/40 Škoda
7/1951: - 3 x 1 - 37/83, 2 x 1 - 20/65, 1 x 2 - 13.2/76; + 5 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 x 1 - 12.7/79
Naval service: 5.9.1944 Bucovina was captured by Soviet troops off Silistria on Danube and 30.10.1944 was commissioned by Soviet Navy as Izmail. 3.7.1951 she was returned to Romania; BU in 1959-1960.
Bucovina 1920s
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