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List of main Romanian Navy warships of World War II

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This is a list of main warships operated by the Romanian Navy during the Second World War. It includes major surface warships and submarines. Each surface warship in this list is armed with at least two main guns of a caliber greater than 4 inches (102 mm) or with torpedo tubes, and has a range of over 1,200 km (650 nautical miles). The fore-mentioned range is the minimum required for a journey along the maximum East-West extent of the Black Sea, which amounts to a distance of 1,175 km (730 miles or 635 nautical miles). The Black Sea was the naval front where the Royal Romanian Navy operated throughout the war.

Major surface warships

Destroyers (4)
Frigates (1)
Torpedo boats (5)
Monitors (7)
Class Picture Type Origin Ships Displacement (standard) Note
Regele Carol I-class Seaplane tender/Minelayer  United Kingdom Regele Carol I 2,653 tons Built in Glasgow as passenger steamer and commissioned in 1898, converted to seaplane tender and minelayer in 1916 and sunk in October 1941
Regele Ferdinand-class Destroyer  Italy Regele Ferdinand
Regina Maria 		1,422 tons Built in Italy in the early 1930s
Vifor-class Mărăști
Mărășești 		1,432 tons Built in Italy during the First World War
Amiral Murgescu-class Minelaying frigate  Romania Amiral Murgescu 812 tons Largest Romanian-built warship of the Second World War
250t-class Torpedo boat  Austria-Hungary Năluca
Sborul
Smeul 		262 tons Built in Austria-Hungary during the First World War
No. 10-class Fast attack craft  Nazi Germany No. 10
No. 11
No. 12
No. 13 		65 tons German motor torpedo boats with a range of 700-750 nautical miles, acquired on 14 August 1944
Brătianu-class Monitor  Austria-Hungary
 Romania 		Mihail Kogălniceanu
Lascăr Catargiu
Ion Brătianu
Alexandru Lahovari 		650 tons Built in sections in Austria-Hungary then assembled and launched in Romania between 1907 and 1908
Sava-class  Austria-Hungary Bucovina 580 tons Built in Austria-Hungary during the First World War
Enns-class Basarabia 540 tons Built in Austria-Hungary during the First World War
Temes-class Ardeal 442 tons Built in Austria-Hungary during the First World War

Submarines

Fleet submarines (3)
Midget submarines (5)
Class Picture Type Origin Ships Displacement (standard) Note
Delfinul-class Submarine  Italy Delfinul 650 tons Unique submarine built in Italy for the Romanian Navy, commissioned in 1936
Marsuinul-class  Romania Marsuinul 620 tons Unique submarine built in Romania, laid down in 1938 and commissioned in 1943
Rechinul-class Rechinul 585 tons Unique minelaying submarine built in Romania, laid down in 1938 and commissioned in 1943
CB-class Midget submarine  Italy CB-1
CB-2
CB-3
CB-4
CB-6 		35 tons Italian midget submarines captured in late 1943

References

  1. Twardowski, p. 361

Bibliography

  • Twardowski, Marek (1980). "Romania". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 359–362. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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