PATROL FORCES, ROMANIA
Date Posted: 16 October 2001
Jane's Fighting Ships 2002-2003
BRUTAR CLASS (RIVER MONITORS) (PG)
IN SERVICE: 6
Name No Builders Commissioned
GRIVITA 94 Mangalia Shipyard 21 Nov 1986
RAHOVA 96 Mangalia Shipyard 14 Apr 1988
OPANEZ 177 Mangalia Shipyard 24 July 1990
SMIRDAN 178 Mangalia Shipyard 24 July 1990
POSADA 179 Mangalia Shipyard 14 May 1992
ROVINE 180 Mangalia Shipyard 30 June 1993
Displacement, tons: 410 full load
Dimensions, feet (metres): 150 × 26.4 × 4.9 (45.7 × 8 × 1.5)
Main machinery: 2 diesels; 2,700 hp(m) (2 MW); 2 shafts
Speed, knots: 16
Guns: 1-100 mm (tank turret). 2-30 mm (twin). 10-14.5 mm (2 quad, 2 single) MGs. 2-122 mm BM-21 rocket launchers;
40-tubed trainable.
Radars: Navigation; I-band.
Comment: Operational with the Danube Flotilla. The first two are Brutar Is and are based at Turnu-Severin. The second pair
are Brutar IIs based at Tulcea and the last two are Brutar IIs based at Mangalia.
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PATROL FORCES, ROMANIA
Date Posted: 16 October 2001
Jane's Fighting Ships 2002-2003
VB 76 MONITOR CLASS (RIVER PATROL CRAFT) (PC)
IN SERVICE: 18
VB 76-93
Displacement, tons: 127 full load
Dimensions, feet (metres): 106.3 × 15.8 × 3 (32.4 × 4.8 × 0.9)
Main machinery: 2 diesels; 1,700 hp(m) (1.25 MW); 2 shafts
Speed, knots: 17
Complement: 25
Guns: 1-76 mm. 4-14.5 mm (2 twin). 1-81 mm mortar.
Comment: Built in Mangalia Shipyard from 1974-77. Belong to Danube Flotilla. 76-78 based at Sulina, 79-90 at Braila and
91-93 at Tulcea. All are reported as being in service.
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