NMS Bucovina
NMS Bucovina (marked "Bc") in the interwar period | |
| History | |
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| Austria-Hungary | |
| Name | Sava |
| Namesake | Sava River |
| Laid down | 1914 |
| Launched | 31 May 1915 |
| In service | 15 September 1915 |
| Out of service | 1918 |
| Fate | Taken over by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| Name | Soča |
| Namesake | Soča River |
| Acquired | 31 December 1918 |
| Out of service | 15 April 1920 |
| Fate | Reassigned to the Kingdom of Romania |
| Kingdom of Romania | |
| Name | Bucovina |
| Namesake | Bucovina |
| Acquired | 15 April 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 1 December 1957 |
| Out of service | 18 September 1944 |
| Refit |
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| Stricken | 1958 |
| Reinstated | 12 August 1951 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1959 |
| Notes | Confiscated by the USSR, returned in 1951, and continued service as M.12, later M.205, until 1958 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Izmail |
| Namesake | Izmail |
| Acquired | 18 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1948 |
| Fate | Returned to Romania in 1951, scrapped 1959 |
| General characteristics (initial configuration) | |
| Class & type | Sava-class river monitor |
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| Length | 62 m (203 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Range | 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 91 officers and enlisted |
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NMS Bucovina, named SMS Sava in Austro-Hungarian Navy service, was the lead ship of the Sava-class river monitors built by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino of Linz between 1914 and 1915. She served in the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla until 1918, and after a brief service in the Yugoslav Navy, she was assigned to the Romanian Navy. Serving with the Romanian Danube Flotilla in World War II, she ran aground near Ostrovul Ciocănești on 1 September 1944. She was recovered on 16 September and confiscated by the Soviets receiving the name Izmail. Returned to Romania in 1951, she was moved to reserve in 1957, then scrapped in 1959.