NMS Elisabeta

Scale model of Elisabeta
Class overview
In commission:	1888–1920
Completed:	1
Scrapped:	1
History
Romania
Name:	Elisabeta
Namesake:	Queen Elisabeta of Romania
Ordered:	May 1887
Builder:	Armstrong, Elswick
Yard number:	517
Laid down:	17 May 1887
Launched:	29 December 1887
Completed:	September 1888
Commissioned:	October 1888
Out of service:	1920
Refit:	Galați shipyard, 1904–05
Fate:	Scrapped, 1926
General characteristics (as built)
Type:	Protected cruiser
Displacement:	1,330 long tons (1,351 t)
Length:	240 ft 10 in (73.4 m)
Beam:	33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Draft:	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power:	3,000 ihp (2,237 kW) 4 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	140
Armament:	4 × 1 - 15 cm (5.9 in)/35 Krupp guns 4 × 1 - 57 mm (2.2 in) Nordenfelt guns 2 × 1 - 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns 4 × 1 - 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Deck: 1–3.5 in (25–89 mm) Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm) Bulkhead: 4 in (102 mm)

NMS Elisabeta was a small protected cruiser built for the Romanian Navy during the 1880s by Armstrong in Britain as Romania lacked the ability to build the ship itself. Serving mainly as a training ship, she represented Romania at the opening of the Kiel Canal in 1895. She helped protect Romanian interests in Constantinople during the First Balkan War in 1912–13, but played no significant part in the Second Balkan War and was partially disarmed during World War I. Employed as a barracks ship after the war, the ship was scrapped in 1926.

Elisabeta was built of steel and measured 240 feet (73.2 m) long overall. She had a beam of 33 feet 6 inches (10.2 m) and a draft at the bow of 11 feet 6 inches (3.5 m) that increased to 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m) at the stern. She displaced 1,330 long tons (1,351 t) at full load. The ship had a crew of 140 officers and crewmen.

Elisabeta had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving a single 9-foot-8-inch (2.95 m) screw propellers. Four cylindrical boilers provided steam to the engines. The engines had a designed output of 3,000 indicated horsepower (2,237 kW) at normal draft for 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) or 4,500 ihp (3,356 kW) using forced draft for 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph). During her sea trials on 14 September 1888, Elisabeta had a top speed of 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) from 4,714 ihp (3,515 kW) using forced draft, but she averaged 18.06 knots (33.45 km/h; 20.78 mph) from 4,271 ihp (3,185 kW) using normal draft, although her main guns had yet to be installed. Her three masts were barque rigged. She carried a maximum of 322 long tons (327 t) of coal.