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Sunday, 17 February 2019

Romanian protected cruiser Elisabeta according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1908 No. 5

An item reported that the Romanian protected cruiser Elisabeta was rearmed and her armament consisted of 4-12cm quick firing guns, 4-7,5cm L/50 quick firing guns, 2 Hotchkiss machineguns and 2 torpedo tube. The guns on the deck were protected by gun shields.(1)

Note
1. Building ordered in May 1887 by Armstrong, Elswick, England with yard number 517, laid down on 17 May 1887, launched on 29 December 1887, completed in September 1888, commissioned in October 1888, modernized at the Galati shipyard in 1904-1905, decommissioned in 1920 and broken up in the 1930s.