Ardeal 1920
Ardeal 1941
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ardeal (ex-Drina, ex-Temes), 7/1951- M207 | Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary | 1/1903 | 26/3/1904 | 5/1905 // 4/1920 | captured by USSR 5/9/1944 (Бердянск <Berdyansk>), returned 7/1951, stricken 1960 |
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Displacement normal, t |
470 |
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Displacement full, t |
650 |
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Length, m |
59.0 pp 60.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.50 |
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Draught, m |
1.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1400 |
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Max speed, kts |
13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 62 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 500(9.5) |
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Armour, mm |
belt: 40, deck: 25, CT: 40, turrets: 75 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/35 Krupp, 2 x 1 - 90/45 Škoda, 4 x 1 - 8.3/66 |
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Complement |
86 - 89 |
Ship project history: Former Austro-Hungarian Temes. 23/10/1914 she was mined at island Grabovchi on Danube; 27/6/1916 salvaged and 24/7/1917 commissioned again. 31/12/1918 ship was interned by Government of Yugoslavia at Novi Sad and commissioned by Yugoslavian Danube flotilia as Drina. Under the treaty of division of Austro-Hungarian fleet ship was transferred to Romania 15/4/1920 and renamed Ardeal.
Ship protection: Machinery had 40mm vertical and 25mm horizontal protection.
Modernizations: 1929: - 2 x 1 - 120/35; + 2 x 1 - 120/50 Škoda-Bofors Mk4
(1937-1940): armour thickness was increased (70mm belt, 45mm deck, 75mm CT); - 2 x 1 - 90/45, 4 x 1 - 8.3/66; + 1 x 1 - 120/50 Škoda-Bofors Mk4, 2 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 2 - 13.2/76, complement was 129 men, speed decreased to 10kts.
7/1951: - 2 x 1 - 37/83, 2 x 1 - 20/65, 1 x 2 - 13.2/76; + 4 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon.
Naval service: 21/8/1941 Ardeal was damaged by Soviet by SB bombers at Vilkovo. 5/9/1944 she was captured by Soviet troops off Izmail on Danube and 30/10/1944 commissioned by Soviet Navy as Berdyansk. 3/7/1951 she was returned to Romania and BU 1959-1960.
Ardeal 1922
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