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The ''Mărăști'' class were a group of destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy. The ships fought in both world wars but for different owners and had a complex history. ==History== In 1913, the Romanian government ordered a class of four large destroyers from the Pattison yard in Naples, Italy. The four ships were named ''Vifor'', ''Viscol'', ''Vârtej'' and ''Vijelia''. The Italian government requisitioned the ships in 1915 upon entering World War I, renaming them ''Aquila'', ''Falco'', ''Nibbio'' and ''Sparviero''. These ships were significantly larger than contemporary Italian destroyers and were rated as ''Esploratori'' or scout cruisers. The armament comprised three single 6 inch and 4 x 3 inch guns. After the end of the First World War, two of the ships (''Sparviero'' and ''Nibbio'') were re-sold to Romania, arriving in Constanța in 1920. The other two ships were retained by Italy until sold to the Nationalist faction of Spain in 1937. The six inch guns proved too heavy for the Romanian Navy and were replaced by two twin 120 mm guns in powered turrets and a single 120 mm gun. Both ships were active during the Naval war in the Black Sea in World War II. Chiefly convoying supplies between Romania, the Crimea and the Bosphorus. Mărașești sank the Soviet M class submarine M-31 in July 1943. Both ships were surrendered to the Soviets in August 1944 on the Capitulation of Romania and were incorporated into the Black Sea Fleet as the ''Lovkiy'' (''Ловкий'', ex-''Mărăști'') and ''Lyogkiy'' (''Лёгкий'', ex-''Mărășești'') but were returned to Romania in October 1945, served in Naval Forces of Romanian People's Republic under the numbers ''D12'' and ''D11'' and scrapped in the 1960s. ''Aquila'' and ''Falco'' were sold to the Nationalist Spanish Navy, which, in 1937 only had one destroyer available (''Velasco''). They were renamed ''Melilla'' and ''Ceuta'', and saw heavy service, in spite of their poor condition. To conceal the fact that Italy was selling ships to Franco's side, they were often referred as ''Velasco-Ceuta'' and ''Velasco-Melilla''. After the war, they were retained by the Spanish Navy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mărăști-class destroyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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