NMS Fulgerul
Romanian gunboat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NMS Fulgerul was a gunboat of the Romanian Navy built in France in 1873. She was the first warship to carry the Romanian flag across the sea. She briefly saw service with the Imperial Russian Navy as Velikiy Knyaz Nikolay during the Romanian War of Independence. Fulgerul was transferred to border guards in 1910, and ended her days in 1968 as an oil fuel store at Galati.
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Fulgerul early in her career (note the 87 mm gun) | |
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Romania | |
Name | Fulgerul |
Namesake | Lightning |
Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranée, Toulon, France |
Cost | 130,000 lei |
Laid down | 1873 |
Launched | 1873 |
Commissioned | 1874 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1968 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 85 tons |
Length | 25 meters |
Beam | 4.57 meters |
Draught | 1.22 meters |
Propulsion | Steam, 25 hp |
Speed | 7 knots |
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Armour | Unknown |
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