List of Romanian-built warships of World War II

During and up to the Second World War, the naval industry of the Kingdom of Romania produced numerous medium and small size warships, of varying types, as well as auxiliaries.

The most important Romanian shipyard was at Galați, followed by the one at Constanța and finally the ones at Severin and Brăila.

Severin had no dry or floating dock, but for much of the interwar it was the only other port in the country besides Galați able to produce anything larger than barges, lighters and small river craft.

The four vessels of this class were built in sections at STT in Austria-Hungary, transported to Romania then assembled and launched at Galați.

[2][3][4] Mihail Kogălniceanu engaged in battle and damaged two Soviet river monitors during the first month of Operation Barbarossa.

[5][6] Amiral Murgescu was a multi-purpose warships, serving as both minelayer and escort ship.

[14][15][16] Rechinul was a minelaying submarine, also designed by Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (IvS) and built at the Galați shipyard in Romania.

The six boats, numbered 4 to 9, were named Vedenia, Vântul, Vijelia, Viforul, Vârtejul and Vulcanul.

Vijelia and Viforul were named after their Vospers type predecessors, which were sunk in November 1941 by Soviet mines.

[21] In regard to auxiliary vessels, barges of up to 1,700 tons were built at Galați before the war.

After a long road journey of 60 hours, the boats arrived at Ingolstadt, where they were transferred back to water and towed towards Linz.

Upon reaching the Austrian city, the superstructure was rebuilt, then the journey continued down the Danube to Galați, where the main engines were installed.

Toppled over 90°, and fitted with additional floating devices, the stripped down hulls, weighing 140 tons, were shipped through the Kiel Canal and on the Elbe up to Dresden-Übigau, where they were placed on two 70 ton Culemeyer road transporters[26] hauled by Kaelble tractors.

The boats then traveled at an average speed of 5 mph over the Reichsautobahn (modern day A4 and A9) to the slipway in Ingolstadt.

[28][29][30] Romanian shipyards also built numerous Siebelfähre type landing craft for the local Kriegsmarine forces.

Further production of landing craft and invasion barges was also realized, all from pre-fabricated parts delivered by Germany and Italy.