Another notable success was the sinking of the Turkish river monitor " Podgoriçe" ( Podgorica) by the Romanian coastal artillery on 7 November 1877. The main success of the war was the sinking of the Turkish river monitor " Seyfî" near Măcin by a group of spar torpedo boats including " Rândunica" and the Russian Carevitch and Ksenya crafts. The main task of the Romanian Flotilla Corps was to transport Russian troops, equipment and supplies across the Danube and to protect the bridges across the river by using mine barrages in key points. See also: Action off Măcin " Fulgerul" (The Lightning) gunboat, built in 1873 at Toulon and armed in the following year at Galați, was the first military ship to have sailed under Romanian flag in maritime waters.ĭuring the War of Independence, the name used in Romanian historiography to refer to the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish war, the Romanian Navy sailed under the Russian flag. Romanian Navy during the War of Independence These ships represented the Romanian Flotilla during the War of Independence. The next ship to enter service with the Romanian Navy was the spar torpedo boat NMS Rândunica in 1875. After arriving in Romania in April 1874, she was fitted with a Krupp cannon in a mild steel turret at the Galați shipyard. However, the ship was unarmed, so she would be allowed passage through the Turkish straits. In October 1873, the Fulgerul gunboat, ordered by the Romanian state as the first purpose-built warship in the history of the Romanian Navy, was finished at the Toulon shipyard in France. In 1867, the royal yacht " Ștefan cel Mare" ( Stephen the Great) entered service. The ship was purchased in 1861 and was later transformed into a warship at Meyer naval shipyard in Linz, being christened " România" when it was launched at Galați harbor. The first acquisition of the Romanian Navy was the steamboat " Prințul Nicolae Conache Vogoride". The first seamen's training school was established in 1872 at Galați for officers, petty officers and sailors. The main goal of the navy was to organize, train and expand this small force. The equipment was modest at best, with 3 ships from Wallachia and 3 from Moldavia, manned by 275 sailors. The base was first established in 1861 at Izmail, but it was later relocated in 1864 to Brăila and in 1867 to Galați. The first Commander-in-chief of the navy was Colonel Nicolae Steriade. Officers were initially sent to Brest Naval Training Centre in France, as the Military School in Bucharest did not have a naval section. The navy was French-trained and organized. 173 to unify the navies into a single flotilla. After the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the ruling Domnitor of the Romanian Principalities, decided on 22 October 1860 by order no. The Romanian Navy was founded in 1860 as a river flotilla on the Danube. See also: List of battles of the Romanian Navy Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the founder of the Romanian Navy
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