Admiral Petre Bărbuneanu class frigate
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Class overview | |
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In commission: | 1983– |
Completed: | 4 |
Active: | 2 |
Retired: | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 1,385 tonnes |
Length: | 92.3 m (302 ft 10 in) |
Beam: | 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) |
Draught: | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion: | 4 × diesel engines, 3,285 hp |
Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
Range: | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) |
Complement: | 100 |
Armament: | 2 × 76 mm (3.0 in) guns Torpedo tubes |
The Admiral Petre Bărbuneanu class frigate is a patrol frigate (corvette by NATO standards) in service with the Romanian Naval Forces.
Boats in this class are quite old and obsolete; they are to be replaced by boats in the Eustaţiu Sebastian class.
Available information indicates that only two frigates in this class are still in service, out of a total of four.
[edit] Ships
- Amiral Petre Barbuneanu (F260). Launched 1983. Still in service.
- Vice-Amiral Vasile Scodrea (F261). Launched 1984. Laid up.
- Vice-Amiral Vasile Urseanu (F262). Launched 1985. Laid up.
- Vice-Amiral Eugeniu Rosca (F263). Launched 1987. Still in service.