NMS Aurora
Aurora as KuK Basilisk | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Austria-Hungary | |
| Name | Basilisk |
| Namesake | Basilisk |
| Builder | STT Shipyard, Austria-Hungary |
| Laid down | 1901 |
| Launched | 28 November 1902 |
| Completed | 21 February 1903 |
| Out of service | 1919 |
| Fate | Ceded to France |
| France | |
| Name | Aurore |
| Namesake | Aurora |
| Commissioned | 1920 |
| Out of service | 1922 |
| Fate | Transferred to Romania |
| Romania | |
| Name | Aurora |
| Commissioned | 1922 |
| Out of service | 1927 |
| Refit | Galați shipyard, 1937-1939 |
| Reinstated | 1939 |
| Fate | Sunk by Soviet aircraft, 1941 |
| Service record | |
| Commanders: | Lieutenant-Commander Stan Baicu |
| Operations: | |
| Victories: | Contribution to the sinking of 1 destroyer leader |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Displacement | 314 tons |
| Length | 46 m (150 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power | 410 kW (550 hp) |
| Propulsion | 1 cylindrical boiler, 1 triple-expansion engine, 1 shaft |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament |
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NMS Aurora was a small minelayer of the Romanian Navy. After initially serving in the Austro-Hungarian Navy during World War I and later in the French Navy, she was transferred to Romania and fought during World War II, being sunk in July 1941.