
Drina 1918

Sava 1919

Sava 1941
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Äðèíà <Drina> (ex-Temes) | Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary | 1/1903 | 26/3/1904 | 5/1905 // 12/1918 | to Romania 4/1920 (Ardeal) | |
| Ñàâà <Sava> (ex-Bodrog) | Danubius, Budapest, Austria-Hungary | 1903 | 12/4/1904 | 11/1904 // 10/1918 | scuttled 12/4/1941, salvaged by Germans (Croatian Sava), sunk, salvaged and re-commissioned 1952, stricken 1962 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Drina: 470 Sava: 442 |
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Displacement full, t |
Sava: 470? |
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Length, m |
Drina: 60.3 Sava: 57.7 |
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Breadth, m |
9.50 |
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Draught, m |
1.20 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1400 |
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Max speed, kts |
13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 500(9.5) |
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Armour, mm |
Drina: belt: 40, deck: 25, CT: 40 Sava: belt: 40, deck: 25, CT: 75 |
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Armament |
Drina: 2 x 1 - 120/35 Krupp, 2 x 1 - 90/45 Škoda, 4 x 1 - 8.3/66 Sava: 2 x 1 - 120/35 Krupp, 1 x 1 - 120/10 Krupp, 1 x 1 - 66/50 Škoda, 5 x 1 - 8.3/66 |
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Complement |
86 - 89 |
Ship project history: Former Austro-Hungarian. Bodrog 31/10/1918 ran ashore at Visnitsa, was interned and entered Yugoslavian Danube flotilla, Temes was interned some later. 15/4/1920 by results of division of Austro-Hungarian fleet she was officially transferred to Yugoslavia and renamed Sava. Drina (ex-Temes) was transferred to Romania.
Ship protection: Machinery had 40mm vertical and 25mm horizontal protection.
Modernizations: 1952, Sava: was armed with 2 x 1 - 105/SK C/32, 3 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon.
Naval service: On the night of 12/4/1941 Sava was scuttled on Danube in Beograd. In 1941 she was salvaged by German wreckers, repaired and commissioned by Croatian Danube flotilia as Sava. She was sunk 9/9/1944 by Yugoslavian artillery on river Sava at Bosanski-Brod. Sava was salvaged, repaired after war and served till 1959-1962.

Sava 1933
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