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NMS Elisabeta
 Elisabeta after her 1905 refit
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| Class overview | |
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| 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, 1904–1905 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1930's |
| Service record | |
| Commanders: | Captain Nicolae Kirițescu (1916) |
| Operations: | Defence of Sulina |
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| 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) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 140 |
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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 1912–1913, 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.
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