NMS Smeul (1888)

Smeul in 1888
History
Romania
Name	Smeul
Builder	Casa de Forges et Chantiers de la Méditéranée, Le Havre, France
Laid down	1888
Commissioned	1888
Out of service	1917
Fate	Capsized during a storm
Service record
Commanders:	Nicolae Gonța
Operations:	Defence of Sulina U-boat Campaign (World War I)
Victories:	1 submarine sunk 1 submarine damaged
General characteristics
Class and type	Năluca-class torpedo boat
Type	Torpedo boat
Displacement	56 tons (standard)
Length	36.78 m (120 ft 8 in)
Draft	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Steam, 540 hp
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	20
Armament	2 × 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving guns 2 x 356 mm torpedo tubes

NMS Smeul was a torpedo boat of the Romanian Navy. She was part of a class of three, built in France for the Romanian Navy in 1888. She and her two sister ships saw service during World War I.