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The naval war in the Black Sea commenced with the Raid on Constanța on 26 June 1941, the only encounter between major warships during the entire campaign. [1] The Romanian flotilla leader Mărăști and the destroyer Regina Maria together with the minelayer Amiral Murgescu defended the port against the Soviet cruiser Voroshilov and the Leningrad-class destroyer leaders Kharkov and Moskva.
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).
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the founder of the Romanian Navy. The Romanian Navy was founded in 1860 as a river flotilla on the Danube. After the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the ruling Domnitor of the Romanian Principalities, decided on 22 October 1860 by order no. 173 to unify the navies into a single flotilla, the Danube Flotilla Corps. [1]
During World War II, all four monitors were fitted for service at sea as anti-submarine escorts, each being armed with three 120 mm naval guns in single armored turrets, one 76 mm naval/AA gun, two 47 mm naval guns and two depth charge throwers (one of 760 mm and the other of 700 mm). The four warships were in service throughout both world wars.
World War II naval ships of Romania (4 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations of Romania in World War II" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Cruiser-sized submarine tender, largest purpose-built Romanian warship of World War II, built in Italy and entered service in 1931 Submarines Delfinul Italy: Submarine Built in Italy for the Romanian Navy, entered service in 1930 Rechinul Romania: Submarine Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania between 1938 and 1941 Marsuinul Romania: Submarine
The Raid on Constanța was an attack by the Soviet Black Sea Fleet on the Romanian port of Constanța on 26 June 1941, shortly after the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, and resulted in the only encounter between major warships in the Black Sea during World War II.
When Romania joined the war against the USSR in June 1941, the two destroyers were each armed with five 120-millimetre (4.7 in) Bofors naval guns in single mounts, one 76 mm (3 in) naval/AA gun, two German 37 mm anti-aircraft guns, two twin 13 mm machine guns, two triple 533 mm torpedo tubes and two depth charge throwers. During the war, the ...