NMS Alexandru cel Bun

Alexandru cel Bun (left) following behind the protected cruiser Elisabeta (right)
History
Romania
NameAlexandru cel Bun
NamesakeAlexander the Good
Ordered1882
BuilderThames Iron Works, London
Laid down1882
Launched1882
Completed1882
Commissioned1882
Out of service1930s
FateScrapped
General characteristics
TypeMinelayer
Displacement
  • 104 tons (standard)
  • 116 tons (normal)
Length23 meters
Beam4.57 meters
Draft1.73 meters
Propulsion100 hp steam, 1 shaft
Speed9 knots
Complement20
Armament
  • 2 x 37 mm 1-pounder guns
  • 2 x machine guns
  • Mines

NMS Alexandru cel Bun was the first minelayer of the Romanian Naval Forces. Built by the United Kingdom in 1882, she served in the Romanian Navy for five decades, until being scrapped in the mid-1930s.