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 81Т 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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