NMS Aurora
Minelayer, sunk in 1941 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NMS Aurora was a small minelayer of the Romanian Navy. After initially serving in the Austro-Hungarian Navy during World War I and later in the French Navy, she was transferred to Romania and fought during World War II, being sunk in July 1941.
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Aurora as KuK Basilisk | |
History | |
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Austria-Hungary | |
Name | Basilisk |
Namesake | Basilisk |
Builder | STT Shipyard, Austria-Hungary |
Laid down | 1901 |
Launched | 28 November 1902 |
Completed | 21 February 1903 |
Out of service | 1919 |
Fate | Ceded to France |
France | |
Name | Aurore |
Namesake | Aurora |
Commissioned | 1920 |
Out of service | 1922 |
Fate | Transferred to Romania |
Romania | |
Name | Aurora |
Commissioned | 1922 |
Out of service | 1927 |
Refit | Galați shipyard, 1937-1939 |
Reinstated | 1939 |
Fate | Sunk by Soviet aircraft, 1941 |
Service record | |
Commanders: | Lieutenant-Commander Stan Baicu |
Operations: | |
Victories: | Contribution to the sinking of 1 destroyer leader |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Minelayer |
Displacement | 314 tons |
Length | 46 m (150 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in) |
Draft | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
Installed power | 410 kW (550 hp) |
Propulsion | 1 cylindrical boiler, 1 triple-expansion engine, 1 shaft |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 40 |
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