Regele Ferdinand 1939
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Летучий [Letuchiy] (ex-Regina Maria) | Pattison, Napoli, Italy | 6.1927 | 2.3.1928 | 9.1930 // 8.1944 | to Romania 7.1951 (D21) | ||
Лихой [Likhoy] (ex-Regele Ferdinand) | Pattison, Napoli, Italy | 6.1927 | 2.12.1928 | 9.1930 // 8.1944 | to Romania 7.1951 (D22) |
Displacement standard, t |
1400 |
Displacement full, t |
1850 |
Length, m |
102.0 |
Breadth, m |
9.60 |
Draught, m |
3.51 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Parsons geared steam turbines sets, 4 Thornycroft boilers |
Power, h. p. |
48000 |
Max speed, kts |
35 |
Fuel, t |
oil 480 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(15) |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/50 Bofors Mk 4, 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 40/63 Škoda, 4 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40), 50 mines |
Sensors | S-Gerät sonar |
Complement |
212 |
Project history: Former Romanian destroyers Regele Ferdinand and Regina Maria. 5.9.1944 they were captured by Soviet troops at Constanza and 14.9.1944 commissioned by Black Sea Fleet as Likhoy and Letuchiy.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: 3.7.1951 both destroyers were returned to Romania, renamed D22 and D21, later — in D11 and D10, and served till the end of 1950s.
Likhoy late 1940s
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