NMS Ardeal

NMS Ardeal
SMS Temes at Brăila, c. 1917
History
Austria-Hungary
NameTemes
NamesakeTemes River
Launched26 March 1904
In serviceNovember 1904
Out of service1918
FateTaken over by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
NotesSunk by Serbian mine in October 1914, refloated in June 1916
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
NameDrina
NamesakeDrina River
Acquired1918
Out of service15 April 1920
FateReassigned to the Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Romania
NameArdeal
NamesakeArdeal
Acquired15 April 1920
Decommissioned1957
Out of service2 September 1944
Refit1937–1940
Reinstated12 August 1951
FateScrapped in 1959
NotesConfiscated by the USSR, returned in 1951 and continued service as M.20, later M.207, until 1957
Soviet Union
NameBerdiansk
NamesakeBerdiansk
Acquired2 September 1944
Decommissioned28 February 1948
FateReturned to Romania in 1951
General characteristics (initial configuration)
Class and typeTemes-class river monitor
Displacement
  • Standard: 442 tonnes (435 long tons)
  • Full: 486 tonnes (478 long tons)
Length57.7 m (189 ft 4 in)
Beam9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Draught1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Complement89 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 2 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/L35 guns
  • 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/L10 howitzer
  • 2 × 37 mm (1.5 in)/L42 Vickers
  • 1 × 8 mm (0.31 in)/Škoda M1893
Armour

NMS Ardeal was a Temes-class river monitor originally named SMS Temes while in Austro-Hungarian Navy service. Built in 1904, Temes was the lead ship of her class and served as flag ship of the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla between 1908 and 1914. After a short service in the Yugoslav Navy, she was transferred to the Romanian Navy in 1920 and served with the Romanian Danube Flotilla in World War II until 1944 when she was taken over the Soviets. She was returned to Romania in 1951 and served as a training ship under the name M.20, later M.207, until 1959 when she was scrapped.