NMS Mircea (1882)
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NMS Mircea was the second ship of the Romanian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, one of the Fleet's six founding warships and the only one of these vessels to remain in service until the Second World War. She was sunk during an air raid in April 1944.
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Mircea in 1882 | |
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Romania | |
Name | Mircea |
Namesake | Mircea the Elder |
Ordered | 1882 |
Builder | Thames Iron Works, London |
Laid down | 1882 |
Launched | 1882 |
Completed | 1882 |
Commissioned | 1882 |
Out of service | 17 April 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by Soviet aircraft |
General characteristics | |
Type | Brig |
Displacement | 360 tons |
Length | 36 meters |
Propulsion | 160 hp auxiliary engine |
Speed | 6 knots |
Armament | 4 x machine guns |
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