The Mihail Kogălniceanu-class river monitor is a three-ship class of river monitors in service with the Romanian Naval Forces. They are assigned to Section I, 67th Artillery, Carrying Ships Division of the Romanian Danube Flotilla based in Brăila.[1][2]

Specifications

The ships have a displacement of 550 tons. The length of the hull is 62m, width 7.6m, draft 1.7m. Each ship is equipped with 2 diesel engines, which drive one shaft and the propeller mounted on it. The ships' main armament consists of two 100mm A430 guns in armored turrets, based on the M1977 anti-tank gun. The ship is also equipped with two 23mm machine guns, two twin-barreled 14.5mm machine guns, and two 40-barreled 122mm rocket launchers. Their anti-aircraft armament consists of CA–94M anti-aircraft missiles, a Yugoslav licensed version of the Strela–2M.[3]

Ships

Service

In 2018, one ship of the class, Lascăr Catargiu (M47), took part in the first joint Ukrainian-Romanian exercises on the Danube, called Riverine-2018, which practiced joint actions of multinational boat tactical groups to increase their interoperability and capabilities for conducting security operations on the Danube River.[5][6]

See also

Citations

  1. ^ "Secția I a Divizionului 67 N.P.A. - Monitoare". navy.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Mihail Kogalniceanu (class) River Monitor Vessel". www.militaryfactory.com. August 21, 2017. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. ^ Romania Army, National Security and Defense Policy Handbook, Volume 1. – Strategic Information and Developments, Lulu.com, 2009 ISBN 1438739923, 9781438739922, pp. 74–75.
  4. ^ a b c "MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU (45) class". www.militaryperiscope.com. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  5. ^ Розпочалося українсько-румунське навчання "Riverine — 2018". Міністерство оборони України. Офіційний вебсайт (українська) . Прес-центр Командування ВМС ЗС України. 05.09.2018. Архів оригіналу за 2 липня 2019. Процитовано 02.07.2019.
  6. ^ "Riverine 2018, exercițiu româno-ucrainean pe Dunăre". navy.ro (in Romanian). 6 September 2018.
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