An item reported that on 17 April at 2.00p.m. a Dutch
tug passed Istanbul, Turkey underway towards Genoa, Italy while towing the Romanian
gunboat Ghiculescu. The gunboat was damaged in a collision with the Italian
ship Matilde Corrado in the harbour of Constanta. In February was the Italian
vessel held by the Romanian government under a lien of 400.000 US dollars.(1)
Note
1. Launched at the Arsenal, Brest,
France as the Friponne-class gunboat Mignonne for the French navy in 1917, sold
to Romania in 1920, captured by the Soviet Union in September 1944,
commissioned in Soviet service as Angara, returned to Romania in October 1945
and finally stricken in 2002 when she was serving as a survey vessel.
Displacement 344 (standard)-443 (full load) tons and as dimensions 62,1 x 7 x
2,9 metres or 203.9 x 23.0 x 9.6 feet. Speed 15 knots. Crew numbered 50 men.
Original armament consisted of 2-10cm naval guns and 2-40cm depth charge
throwers to which in the Second World War 4-2cm Oerlikon anti aircraft guns
were added.
Source
The
report was published on www.archive.org,
document number CIA-RDP82-00457R005000400010-5
