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| Posted by: Tiornu September 25, 2003 10:30 pm |
| Can anyone say for certain what ship this is?
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| Posted by: dragos October 01, 2003 10:29 am |
| It's a gunboat (canoniera). There were four such vessels: Dumitrescu, Ghiculescu, Stihi and Lepri, but which one of these is in the pictures, I cannot say. Maybe Mr. Cristian Craciunoiu will help us. |
| Posted by: Tiornu October 01, 2003 02:21 pm |
| It was for me hard to identify the class because I have no clear pictures to compare. Are there any pictures of this class posted online? |
| Posted by: dragos October 02, 2003 10:56 am |
| I identified it from a book, the position of mast and the shape of the prow is unique for the class. If you wish, I will scan a picture for comparison.
See below. |
| Posted by: dragos October 03, 2003 09:34 am |
| A photo of a Dumitrescu-class gunboat in 1921.
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| Posted by: Tiornu October 03, 2003 08:24 pm |
| Ah, very good! Thanks very much. I have been unable to find any Romanian pictures, but I did find some pictures of French Frippones. Am I the only one who finds the placement of the foremast to be most curious? Doesn't that look odd? |
| Posted by: Cristian Craciunoiu October 06, 2003 07:28 am |
| The pictures you asked about were taken in 1943 when gunboat Cpt. DUMITRESCU was taken on dry dock in Constantza harbour. There are about 20 taken on the same ocasion. Cpt of the gunboat in the period was cpt. Constantin Drimba and the ship was extensively used for convoy escorts. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1959. Her bell and one engine are still on exhibit in the Muzeul Marinei Romane Constantza.
The strange position of the mast started from the ideea that a submarine commander will aim taking into consideration the measured direction of the target ship using the line of the masts as the reference. If there will be a difference of about 12 degrees between that direction and real one this will lead to an important erorr, sending the torpedoes away. As no gunboat was lost by torpedo atack of the 4 Romanian ( Lt. LEPRI REMUS was lost by error and negligence ) the system seem to have worked. |
| Posted by: Tiornu October 12, 2003 09:00 pm |
| Excellent information. Thank you! |