NMS Ardeal
1904 ship
NMS Ardeal was a Temes-class river monitor originally named SMS Temes while in Austro-Hungarian Navy service. Built in 1904, Temes was the lead ship of her class and served as flag ship of the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla between 1908 and 1914. After a short service in the Yugoslav Navy, she was transferred to the Romanian Navy in 1920 and served with the Romanian Danube Flotilla in World War II until 1944 when she was taken over the Soviets. She was returned to Romania in 1951 and served as a training ship under the name M.20, later M.207, until 1959 when she was scrapped.
Description and construction
At the turn of the 20th century, the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla was the strongest force on the river, however, growing concerns over Russia threatening the control over the mouths of the Danube led Austria-Hungary to further increase its river capabilities. In this sense, an order was given for building two twin-turreted river monitors. Based on the lessons learned in previous designs, the two ships had to be capable of covering a 270° arc with their turrets, have light armament to defend against small arms fire from shore, and needed to have a very shallow draught. The design of the new vessels was entrusted to naval engineer Josef Thiel.
Temes and her sister ship Bodrog were built by the Danubius Schönichen-Hartman Shipyards in Budapest between 1902 and 1904. The lead ship of her class, Temes was launched on 26 March 1904 and commissioned in November 1904.
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