NMS Smeul

NMS Smeul
History
Austria-Hungary
NameTb 83 F
BuilderGanz & Danubius
Laid down1913
Launched1914
Commissioned1915
FateGiven to Romania as reparations, 1920
Romania
NameSmeul
NamesakeRomanian mythological creature
Commissioned1920
Out of service1944
Reinstated1946
FateBroken up, 1960
Soviet Union
NameToros
Commissioned1944
FateReturned to Romania, 1945
General characteristics
Class and type250t-class torpedo boat
Displacement
  • 266 tons (standard)
  • 330 tons (full load)
Length58.5 m (191 ft 11 in)
Beam5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Draft1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 Yarrow boilers, 2 AEG turbines, 2 shafts, 5,000 horse power
Speed28 knots (52 km/h)
Range1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km)
Complement38
Armament
  • World War II:
  • 2 x 66 mm Škoda naval guns
  • 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
  • 1 x 400 mm depth charge thrower

NMS Smeul was a torpedo boat of the Royal Romanian Navy. She was commissioned in 1920, after initially serving as Tb 83 F in the Austro-Hungarian Navy during World War I. She and six more sister ships were awarded to Romania as reparations after the war ended.[1]

  1. ^ S. V. Patyanin, M. S. Barabanov. Korabli Vtoroy mirovoy voyny. VMS Balkanskih gosudarstv i stran Vostochnogo Sredizemnomorya (World War II ships. Ships of Balkan and East Mediterranean countries), p. 21–22 (in Russian)