Angara 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Аракс [Arax] (ex-Căpitan Dumitrescu Constantin, ex-Mignonne) | Arsenal de Brest, France | 1917 | 1918 // 9.1944 | sunk 10.1.1945 | |||
| Ахтуба [Akhtuba] (ex-Locotenent-Comandor Stihi Eugen, ex-Friponne) | Arsenal de Lorient, France | 1916 | 1917 // 9.1944 | to Romania 10.1945 (Dumitresku) | |||
| Ангара [Angara] (ex-Sublocotenent Ghigulescu Ion, ex-Impatiente) | Arsenal de Brest, France | 1916 | 1917 // 9.1944 | to Romania 10.1945 (Ghigulesku) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
375 |
|
Displacement full, t |
443 |
|
Length, m |
57.8 pp 60.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
7.00 |
|
Draught, m |
2.80 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Sulzer diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
900 |
|
Max speed, kts |
14.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 30 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 7.9/79, 2 DCT |
|
Complement |
50 |
Project history: Former Romanian gunboats, bought in France in 1920 (2nd class avisos of Friponne class). 5.9.1944 they were captured by Soviet troops at Constanza and 14.9.1944 commissioned by Black Sea Fleet.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service:
Arax 10.1.1945 was mined in Odessa harbour, never repaired and
BU. Akhtuba and Angara 14.10.1945 were returned to Romania as Eugen Stihi and Ion Ghigulescu; subsequently
they were renamed D61 and D62. In 1960
both were converted to survey vessels and command ships and
stricken from lists of Romanian Navy only in 2002.
* On other version, Arax was not scrapped, and later returned to Romania where
she was repaired and under former name Dumitrescu continued to serve
till 1959.
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