NMS Delfinul

NMS Delfinul (The Dolphin) was a Romanian submarine that served in the Black Sea during the Second World War. It was the first submarine of the Romanian Navy, built in Italy under Romanian supervision.

This article is about the World War II submarine. For the Kilo-class submarine, see Romanian submarine Delfinul.
NMS Delfinul in June 1936
History
Romania
NameNMS Delfinul
Namesakedolphin
BuilderItalian naval base and shipyard, Fiume
Laid down1927
Launched1930
Completed1931
Commissioned1936
Out of service1944
RefitGalați shipyard, starting late 1942
Reinstated1951
FateStricken 1957
Soviet Union
NameTS-3
Commissioned1944
Decommissioned1945
FateReturned to Romania in 1951
General characteristics
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 650 long tons
  • Submerged: 900 long tons
Length68 m (223 ft)
Beam5.9 m (19 ft)
Draught3.6 m (12 ft)
Propulsion2 Sulzer diesel engines, 2 electric motors, 2 shafts
Speed
  • Surfaced: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • Submerged: 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Range2,000 nautical miles (3,704 km; 2,302 mi)
Complement55
Armament
  • 1 × 102 mm Bofors naval gun
  • 1 x 13 mm twin machine gun
  • 8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow and 4 stern)
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