home

fighting ships of the world

ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

auxiliary minesweepers of WWII

100 - 1000 BRT

A (1938, 126, 3/1941 - 1943); B (1938, 126, 3/1941 - 24/10/1941); D (1938, 126, 3/1941 - 25/10/1941); F (1938, 3/1941 - 1943); Basarabia (, 435, 1941 - 25/8/1944)

Ship project history: German purpose-built naval tugs, borrowed to Romania in March, 1941, where they were converted to minesweepers and received letter designations.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: B and D were lost on Soviet mines SW of Odessa 24/10/1941 and 25/10/1941 respectively. Others two were in 1943 returned to Germany.

 

Custom Search

© Ivan Gogin, 2009-11