| QUOTE (PanzerKing @ Aug 1 2005, 11:21 AM) |
| had a dream that I was commanding on a Romanian Destroyer |
PK, you cannot command a destroyer with the rank of Sergent!
Gen. Dénes
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| Posted by: Agarici July 25, 2005 01:04 pm |
| Which were the differences between the two classes of destroyers in service in the Romanian Navy: M class (Marasti and Marasesti) and R class (Regele Ferdinand and Regina Maria)? Was the displacement the main difference, or it was also the maximum speed, the number/power of the guns, etc? |
| Posted by: Victor July 25, 2005 02:19 pm |
| All four ships had been built in Italy, but the R class was younger than the M class. The M class were built in 1918-19 and the R class in 1928-29. The latter were a little bigger, faster and had a greater range. The R class was also better armed both in terms of naval (5 120 mm guns instead of 4) and AA artillery and in terms of torpedoes. Nevertheless, the M class fared pretty well during the war. |
| Posted by: dragos July 25, 2005 03:09 pm |
| NMS Marasesti and NMS Marasti were built in Italy as torpedo-boat destroyers under the names of Spaviero and Nibio. They arrived in Romania in 1920. The R-class destroyers, NMS Regina Maria and NMS Regele Ferdinand were built in the same place, at Pattison, Napoli, in 1929. They were built according to a Thornicroft project achieved under Navy Technical Directorate specifications. |
| Posted by: Agarici July 25, 2005 05:25 pm |
| Thanks, both of you. Does anybody have complete specifications sheets for (all) the four Romanian destroyers? Maybe to be added in the “Navy” section of the site... |
| Posted by: Victor July 26, 2005 05:59 pm |
| The addition of the destroyers was in plan, but it was postponed because I wanted to write a more comprehensive article on their activity. Unfortunately I didn't manage to do it so far. |
| Posted by: PanzerKing August 01, 2005 05:21 am |
| Ya'll want to hear something cool? After reading this thread last night I went to bed and had a dream that I was commanding on a Romanian Destroyer! It was so wierd! Ok, back to the topic. |
| Posted by: Dénes August 01, 2005 02:30 pm | ||
PK, you cannot command a destroyer with the rank of Sergent! Gen. Dénes |
| Posted by: Victor August 01, 2005 07:44 pm |
| Agarici, you may find this older thread interesting: http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=1340 |
| Posted by: PanzerKing August 05, 2005 02:33 am | ||||
Bummer!  |
| Posted by: Dan Po August 23, 2005 05:07 pm | ||
In 1944 one of the 120 mm gun of R class destroyers were replaced with a 88 mm AA german gun. Its about the gun from the middle of the ship. Obviously, this gun was more usefull for the escort tasks. |