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MUSSON guard ships (1914-1915/1944)

Toros 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Муссон [Musson] (ex-Sborul, ex-81T)     STT, Trieste, Austria-Hungary 2/1914 6.8.1914 12/1914 // 9.1944 to Romania 10.1945 (E-2)
Торос [Toros] (ex-Smeul, ex-83F)     Danubius, Porto Ré / Bergudi, Austria-Hungary 11/1913 7.11.1914 7/1915 // 9.1944 to Romania 10.1945 (E-1)

   

Displacement standard, t

Musson: 262

Toros: 266

Displacement full, t

Musson: 320

Toros: 330

Length, m

Musson: 57.3 pp 58.2 oa

Toros: 58.5 pp 58.8 oa

Breadth, m

Musson: 5.70

Toros: 5.80

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Musson: 2 Parsons steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers

Toros: 2 AEG-Curtis steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

5000

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

Musson: coal 24 + oil 18

Toros: coal 20 + oil 34

Endurance, nm(kts)

Musson: 1200(16)

Toros: 980(16)

Armament

1 x 1 - 66/30 Škoda K10, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 4 DCT, 2 DCR

Complement

38

Project history: Former Romanian torpedo boats Sborul and Smeul (former Austro-Hungarian 8 and 83F). Both 5.9.1944 were captured by Soviet troops, at Sulina and Constanza respectively and 14.9.1944 commissioned by Black Sea Fleet as Musson and Toros.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Both ships were returned 12.10.1945 to Romania, later renamed E2 and E1 respectively and served in the Romanian Navy to the mid-1950s.

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