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NMS Regele Carol I was a passenger ship of the Romanian Maritime Service and later a warship of the Romanian Navy, serving as both minelayer and seaplane tender. She was completed and commissioned in 1898 and sunk in 1941, during World War II. 

 

History 

 

Romania
Name Regele Carol I
Namesake King Carol I of Romania
Builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Completed 1898
Commissioned July 1898
Fate Sunk by Soviet mine, 10 October 1941
General characteristics (as warship)
Type Seaplane tender/Minelayer
Displacement 2,653 tons (standard)
Length 93.2 m (305 ft 9 in)
Beam 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draught 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion 2 shafts, 2 boilers (one coal and one oil), 6,500 shp (4,800 kW)
Speed 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Armament 2 × 150 mm (5.9 in) guns
28 mines
Aircraft carried 1 x seaplane

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