List of main Romanian Navy warships of World War II

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 starting from 100 mm and has a range of over 3,000 km (1,620 nautical miles).

Major surface warships

Destroyers (4)
Frigates (1)
Gunboats (3)
Class Picture Type Origin Ships Displacement (standard) Note
Regele Ferdinand-class Destroyer  Italy Regele Ferdinand
Regina Maria
1,422 tons Built in Italy in the early 1930's
Vifor-class Destroyer  Italy Mărăști
Mărășești
1,432 tons Built in Italy during World War I
Amiral Murgescu-class Minelaying frigate  Romania Amiral Murgescu 812 tons Largest Romanian-built warship of World War II
Sublocotenent Ghiculescu-class Gunboat  France Sublocotenent Ghiculescu
Eugen Stihi
Căpitan Dumitrescu
344 tons Built in France during the second half of World War I

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 Submarine  Romania Marsuinul 620 tons Unique submarine built in Romania, laid down in 1938 and commissioned in 1943
Rechinul-class Submarine  Romania 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

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