NMS Sublocotenent Ghiculescu
Sublocotenent Ghiculescu at sea | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Mignonne |
| Builder | Arsenal de Brest, France |
| Launched | 1917 |
| Completed | 1918 |
| Commissioned | 1918 |
| Out of service | 1920 |
| Fate | Sold to Romania |
| Romania | |
| Name | Sublocotenent Ghiculescu |
| Commissioned | 1920 |
| Out of service | 1944 |
| Reinstated | 1945 |
| Fate | Stricken, 2002 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Angara |
| Commissioned | 1944 |
| Out of service | 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to Romania |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Evacuation of the Crimea |
| Victories: | 2 submarines and 1 MTB sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Friponne-class gunboat |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 62.1 m (203 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 Sulzer diesel engines, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 50 |
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NMS Sublocotenent Ghiculescu was a specialized ASW gunboat of the Romanian Navy. Initially built as a French warship in late World War I, she was purchased by Romania in 1920 and fought during World War II, sinking two submarines and one motor torpedo boat. After 1 year of Soviet service, she was returned to Romania and served as a survey vessel until 2002.