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The Romanian Danube Flotilla is the oldest extant naval force on the Danube, dating since 1860, when the Romanian Navy was founded. It saw service during most of the wars involving Romania, and was the most powerful river naval force in the world during the Interwar period.

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Romanian Danube Flotilla

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The Romanian Danube Flotilla is the oldest extant naval force on the Danube, dating since 1860, when the Romanian Navy was founded. It saw service during...

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Danube Flotilla

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Flotilla (Hungary) Danube Flotilla (Romania) Danube Flotilla (Royal Navy) Danube Flotilla (Serbia) Danube Flotilla (Soviet Union) Danube Flotilla (Yugoslavia)...

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Romanian Naval Forces

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Black Sea and on the Danube. It traces its history back to 1860. The Romanian Navy was founded in 1860 as a river flotilla on the Danube. After the unification...

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River monitor

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the Interwar period, the Romanian Danube Flotilla was the most powerful riverine fleet in the world. In 1924, the Romanian river monitors helped suppress...

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Danube Delta Campaign

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The Danube Delta Campaign was a series of naval engagements between the Soviet Danube Flotilla and its Romanian counterpart in late June 1941, during...

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Maxim gun

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M/32-33 American M1904 Romanian-made 6.5 mm version, at least 8–12 were produced and were used by the Romanian Danube Flotilla during World War I MG 18...

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Czechoslovak Naval Forces

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eliminating the Elbe section. The remaining (Danube) section was placed under the 4th Engineer Regiment. This Danube flotilla consisted of a headquarters section...

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Romania

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local name for Romanian (Romanian: român), which in turn derives from Latin romanus, meaning "Roman" or "of Rome". This ethnonym for Romanians is first attested...

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Romania in World War I

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bank and stopped. The Romanian Land Forces, supported by the Danube Division of the Romanian Navy and by the actions of the Romanian cruiser NMS Elisabeta...

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Serbian River Flotilla

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borders. The modern Serbian River Flotilla pulls it origins from Serbian Šajkaši river troops that guarded the Danube and Sava rivers, and especially,...

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Romanian Black Sea Fleet during World War I

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Its warships were all built between 1880 and 1888, while the Romanian Danube Flotilla was equipped with modern vessels built as late as 1908. The protected...

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Romanian Navy during World War I

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Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla retreated 130 km West along the Danube, stopping at Belene and subsequently taking extensive defensive measures. The Romanian monitors...

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Yugoslav monitor Sava

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Belgrade. She was part of the Danube Flotilla, and fought the Serbian and Romanian armies from Belgrade to the mouth of the Danube. In the closing stages of...

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Action of 26 June 1941

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two. The Romanian forces participating in this action consisted of two pocket torpedo gunboats, V-1 and V-3, of the Romanian Danube Flotilla. These vessels...

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Yugoslav monitor Drava

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was part of the Danube Flotilla during World War I, and fought against the Serbian and Romanian armies from Belgrade to the lower Danube. In October 1915...

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Raid on Ruse

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however, the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla (Commander Karl Lucich) retreated 130 kilometres (81 miles) west along the Danube, stopping at Belene and subsequently...

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Battle of Turtucaia

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guns, were placed on the nearby islands of the Danube in order to support the Romanian Danube Flotilla, which was tasked with providing artillery cover...

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Wallachian military forces

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centuries. In 1794, a small flotilla was created with the approval of The Porte. After the regulations of 1830, a military flotilla was created as well. Before...

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Dnieper Flotilla

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Pinsk Flotilla. The Danube river was seized by the German and Romanian forces early in the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, and the Danube Flotilla was...

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Moesia

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ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. Moesian Province was first administered by governor of Noricum as...

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Yugoslav monitor Vardar

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During World War I, she was the flagship of the Danube Flotilla, and fought the Serbian Army, the Romanian Navy and Army, and the French Army. She reverted...

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Danubian Sich

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control of the Danube flotilla. Despite the small number of men, they soon became a prized asset due to their knowledge of the complicated Danube Delta. They...

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Tatarbunary Uprising

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plebiscite, citing Leon Trotsky. The Romanian delegation also insisted that the "eminent character" in Bessarabia is Romanian and that the population had "repeated...

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