Ship of the Romanian Maritime Service and the Romanian Navy
History
Romania
Name
Regele Carol I
Namesake
King Carol I of Romania
Builder
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Completed
1898
Commissioned
July 1898
Fate
Sunk by Soviet mine, 10 October 1941
General characteristics (as warship)
Type
Seaplane tender/Minelayer
Displacement
2,653 tons (standard)
Length
93.2 m (305 ft 9 in)
Beam
12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draught
5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
2 shafts, 2 boilers (one coal and one oil), 6,500 shp (4,800 kW)
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Armament
2 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns
28 mines
Aircraft carried
1 x seaplane
NMS Regele Carol I was a passenger ship of the Romanian Maritime Service and later a warship of the Romanian Navy, serving as both minelayer and seaplane tender. She was completed and commissioned in 1898 and sunk in 1941, during World War II.
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