Smârdan-class river monitor

The Smardan class river monitor is a class of riverine patrol boats in service with the Romanian Naval Forces. NATO codification: Brutar II - class. Five ships of this class are currently in service with the Romanian Navy.

Smârdan (F-178) during the Riverine 2020 exercise
Class overview
Preceded by: Brutar I/Griviţa - class river monitor
Succeeded by: Mihail Kogălniceanu-class river monitor
In commission: 1988-
Completed: 5
Active: 5
General characteristics
Displacement: 370 tons full load
Length: 50.7 m (166 ft 4 in)
Beam: 8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draught: 1.36 m (4 ft 6 in)
Propulsion: 3 shaft, 3 × diesel engines, 3,600 hp
Armament:
  • 1 × A 430 100 mm (3.9 in) guns
  • 1 × Twin 30 mm guns
  • 2 × Quad 14.5 mm machine guns
  • 2 × Twin (14.5mm+7.62mm) machine guns
  • 2 × 40 × 122 mm MRL
  • Strela 2M MANPAD

Ships
  • Rahova (F-176). Commissioned 14 April 1988
  • Opanez (F-177). Commissioned 24 July 1990
  • Smardan (F-178). Commissioned 24 July 1990
  • Posada (F-179). Commissioned 14 May 1992
  • Rovine (F-180). Commissioned 30 July 1993

See also


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