NMS Delfinul
NMS Delfinul in June 1936 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Romania | |
| Name | NMS Delfinul |
| Namesake | dolphin |
| Builder | Italian naval base and shipyard, Fiume |
| Laid down | 1927 |
| Launched | 1930 |
| Completed | 1931 |
| Commissioned | 1936 |
| Out of service | 1944 |
| Refit | Galați shipyard, starting late 1942 |
| Reinstated | 1951 |
| Fate | Stricken 1957 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | TS-3 |
| Commissioned | 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Fate | Returned to Romania in 1951 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Beam | 5.9 m (19 ft) |
| Draught | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 Sulzer diesel engines, 2 electric motors, 2 shafts |
| Speed |
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| Range | 2,000 nautical miles (3,704 km; 2,302 mi) |
| Complement | 55 |
| Armament |
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NMS Delfinul (The Dolphin) was a Romanian submarine that served in the Black Sea during the Second World War. It was the first submarine of the Romanian Navy, built in Italy under Romanian supervision.