The ships survived the war and were transferred to Romania and the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) as reparations.

They displaced 540 tonnes (530 long tons), and their crew consisted of 95 officers and enlisted men.

[1] The engines were rated at 1,500–1,700 indicated horsepower (1,100–1,300 kW) and were designed to reach a top speed of 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph).

[1] During World War II, Besarabia was the only Romanian river monitor out of seven to be fitted with new turrets.

[6] She also had a range of 690 nautical miles, more than enough to travel across the greatest East-West extent of the Black Sea, which was 635 nautical miles (the Black Sea was the area of operations of the World War II Romanian Navy).