NMS Basarabia

NMS Basarabia
SMS Inn, before 1917
History
Austria-Hungary
NameInn
NamesakeInn River
Laid downNovember 1913
Launched25 February 1915
In service11 April 1915
Out of service6 November 1918
FateTransferred to the Hungarian People's Republic
NotesSunk by Romanian mine in September 1917, refloated between October and November 1917
Hungarian People's Republic
NameÚjvidék
NamesakeÚjvidék
Acquired6 November 1918
Out of service15 April 1920
FateAssigned to the Kingdom of Romania
NotesNamed Marx between July and August 1919 while serving the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Kingdom of Romania
NameBasarabia
NamesakeBasarabia
Acquired15 April 1920
Decommissioned1958
Out of service5 September 1944
Refit
  • 1937–1939
  • 1940–1942
Reinstated12 August 1951
FateScrapped in 1960
NotesConfiscated by the USSR, returned in 1951 and continued service as M.11, later M.206, until 1958
Soviet Union
NameKerch
NamesakeKerch
Acquired2 September 1944
Decommissioned28 February 1948
FateReturned to Romania in 1951
General characteristics (initial configuration)
Class and typeEnns-class river monitor
Displacement
  • Standard: 536 tonnes (528 long tons)
  • Full: 600 tonnes (590 long tons)
Length57.9 m (190 ft 0 in)
Beam10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement95 officers and enlisted
Armament
Armour

NMS Basarabia, originally named SMS Inn, was an Enns-class river monitor built by Ganz-Danubius in Budapest between 1913 and 1915. While in Austro-Hungarian Navy service, she struck a Romanian mine and sank in 1917. She was then refloated and repaired, being transferred to the Romanian Navy as war reparations. She continued service with Romania until 1944 when she was taken by the Soviet Union. In 1951, she was returned to Romania and continued service until 1958. She was scrapped in 1960.