Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Destroyer class

Regele Ferdinand-class destroyer

Regele Ferdinand class

The class in numbers

  • 4 Planned
  • 2 Completed
  • 2 Cancelled
  • 2 Scrapped

Design and service

Type
Destroyer
Built
1927–1930
In commission
1930–1961
Succeeded by
None
Operators
Naval ensign of Romania (1922–1947).svg Romanian Navy
Builders
  • Pattison, Naples, Italy

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, standard
1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
Displacement, full load
1,850 long tons (1,880 t)
Length
101.9 m (334.3 ft) OA
Speed
37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
Complement
212
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)
Armament
  • 5 × single 120 mm guns
  • 1 × single 76 mm AA gun
  • 1 × single 40 mm AA guns
  • 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 40 depth charges
  • 50 mines

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