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NMS ''Elisabeta'' was a small protected cruiser built by Armstrong for Romania in the 1880s. Serving mainly as a training ship, she represented Romania at the opening of the Kiel Canal in 1895. She helped protect Romanian interests in Constantinople during the First Balkan War in 1912–13, but played no significant part in the Second Balkan War and was disarmed and hulked at the beginning of World War I. Employed as a barracks ship after the war, she was scrapped in 1926. ==Description== ''Elisabeta'' was built of steel and measured long overall.〔Georgescu, p. 167〕 She had a beam of 〔Gardiner, p. 419〕 and a draft at the bow of that increased to at the stern. She displaced at full load.〔 ''Elisabeta'' had two triple expansion steam engines driving screw propellers. Four cylindrical boilers provided steam to the engines. The engines had a normal designed output of or using forced draft.〔 During her trials on 14 September 1888, ''Elisabeta'' had a top speed of , but she averaged .〔Georgescu, p. 158〕 She carried of coal.〔 ''Elisabta''s main armament consisted of four single /35-caliber Krupp breech-loading guns on pivot mounts in semi-circular sponsons on the side of the ship. She carried four single Nordenfelt guns, two each in the bow and stern. She also carried four Hotchkiss guns.〔Greger, p. 189〕 Four above-water torpedo tubes were also fitted, one each in the bow and stern and one on each broadside.〔 Her protective deck was thick on the flat and increased to on the slopes. It tapered to at the ends of the ship.〔 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「NMS Elisabeta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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