Romanian Royal Navy

[patroclus]

Originally Posted by dorupantos

I wanna make a completion to my last post . The simbols of RRNavy's destroyers were the aces of the playing cards : REGELE FERDINAND-Cup , REGINA MARIA-Spade , MARASTI-Diamond and MARASESTI-Club . (I hope I named correct the simbols of playing cards , I don't play poker in english!!!)

Thank you for dealing with the playing card issue!

River monitors are always interesting.

[dorupantos]

I found old pics of RRNavy's river minesweepers during WW2 . They were armored boats , equipped for magnetic minesweeping (magnetic mines dropped by aircraft) . I think this boat is verry similar to czehoslovakian river minelayer who served on Danube during WW2 in RRN (in this thread on page 2) and it is possible to be the same class of ships !

[dorupantos]

Minelayer AURORA was a ship with an interesting destiny . The ship was built in 1909 in Taranto , named BASILISK and was used like tug and passenger-ship . During WW1 KUK BASILISK became minelayer in Adriatic Sea in Austro-Hungarian Navy . After war KUK BASILISK was transfered to French Navy and renamed AURORE . In 1922 the ship entered in Romanian Royal Navy , named AURORA , until 1927 , when was transfered to merchant Navy . In 1939 AURORA was reactivated as minelayer in Romanian Royal Navy . There is a legend regarding this ship : gunboat REMUS LEPRI (Friponne-class) sunk after hitting a mine lay by AURORA . After this event the mines layed by minelayer AURORA were with the warhead inactive . Is that true ?

[dorupantos]

Romanian Royal Navy's school-ship brig MIRCEA , after august 1944 , taken by Soviets , in Sevastopol (in background soviet cruiser and battleship) !

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Romanian Royal Navy's torpedoboats (used in WW2 like escorts) !

[dorupantos]

Welcome back WNSForums !
What was with that data base error ?

[dorupantos]

More pics of this class of ships .(Austro-Hungagarian Navy feeds a lot of navys after WW1 !)

[dorupantos]

I forgott the romanian VOSPER torpedoboats !

[MUGURCL]

picture number 4: she is not a romanian Vosper class torpedoboat.

[dorupantos]

Pictures of RRNavy's gunboats (minesweepers and escorts - ex french gunboats) LT. LEPRI REMUS , GHICULESCU & EUGEN STIHI , also sister ships from French Navy !

[dorupantos]

Originally Posted by MUGURCL

picture number 4: she is not a romanian Vosper class torpedoboat.

Why picture number 4 is not an romanian VOSPER ?

[MUGURCL]

Originally Posted by dorupantos

Why picture number 4 is not an romanian VOSPER ?

RRN had only 3 Vosper class torpedoboats. They were identical. The soviet navy also had Vosper class units.
The differences between the ships that appear in photographs seem obvious:

[dorupantos]

You are right dear MUGUR !
I have made a mistake but , Romanian Royal Navy's ships performed a lot of changes untill august 1944 , also after been taken by Soviets !

[dorupantos]

This is an British MTB like Vosper's MTB serving RRNavy !

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Pics of Romanian Royal Navy's VOSPER torpedoboats .

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Romanian Royal Navy's POWER Class torpedoboats .

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R-Class destroyer REGINA MARIA .

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Romanian sailors resting onboard on Vosper MTB's .

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It's RRN MTB Viforul !

[ap1]

Thank you so much, Doru. Great photos as usual.

[dorupantos]

MY BELOVED !
Minelayer AMIRAL MURGESCU !

[dorupantos]

Ship DACIA (passenger ship) was laid down in France , at St.Nazaire in 1907 . At the beginning of WW2 the ship becames auxiliary minelayer armed with 3 - 105mm guns , 2 antiaircraft 20mm guns and carrying 200 mines . After august 1944 the ship was taken by soviets and renamed DESNA .

[ionutz21]

Very nice pic-s.Thanks

[pompiliu92]

I thought that it would be nice to make a video about the romanian navy, it isn't much, but I hope you like it.Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECKDK...feature=relmfu

[patroclus]

Originally Posted by pompiliu92

I thought that it would be nice to make a video about the romanian navy, it isn't much, but I hope you like it.Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECKDK...feature=relmfu

All that I get is a green screen - what am I doing wrong?