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Romanian Army in World War II Delfinul - The first submarine Romanian []

Delfinul name is the first of two submersible with the name of the Romanian Navy. Delfinul was built between 1926 - 1936 in Fiume, then an Italian naval base, now Rijeka in Croatia. Romanian Navy had before World War II submarines two other shark and Marsuinul. Classic era were powered submarines, equipped with bow torpedo tubes, launchers and a cutting of nets or chains, the snorkel for diesel engines "Sulzer" (Dolphin), that "Krupp" (Shark and Marsuinul) of the battery electric for flights to immersion, a periscope and artillery deck area, kiosk before and after.

The first exit after the declaration of mobilizing large submarine was even on 22 June at 17:00, under the command of Capt. Constantine Costachescu with a echpaj 39 people plus a doctor, John Neculai Agiu.

During the Second World War, between June 22, 1941 and July 3, 1942, performed nine missions in the Black Sea Soviet Union, under Captain Constantine alternative Costachescu and Corneliu Lungu, the latter being promoted Lieutenant in 1942. Commander.

During these missions, allowed the sinking of the destroyer "Moscow" and momentary removal of combat crucişătoarelor "Kharkov" and "Voroshilov" coming to it is found, the Crimean torpedoed off a military transport ship (possibly cargo ship "Ural"), and suffered countless attacks from the Soviet fleet and aviation, which escaped without casualties, though it was the target of hundreds of underwater bombs and grenades.

For these actions, Captain Constantine Costachescu was later awarded the Order of Michael the Brave Class III.

Submersible, but suffered serious damage and repairs state between July 1942 and August 23, 1944, when Romania entered the war the Allies. Like most Romanian ship was seized by the new Soviet allies, but they failed to repair it and used it as spare parts, after which they returned to Romania in 1957, the state practically wreck. Romanian Navy still manage to repair it, but as civilian ship used by IRCM (Romanian Marine Research Institute Constanta) until final removal from service in 1970 and replace it with batiscaful SC-200 built in Constanta in 1980 to 1981. From the "Delfinul, there are still only at Sulzer diesel engine Navy Museum in Constanta and depth gauge at the National Military Museum" King Ferdinand.

Specifications: Surface Displacement: 650 GRT; Displacement in immersion: 900 DWT; Gross tonnage; Net tonnage; Length: 68 m Master torque wide: 5.9 m Trim ballast tanks: Two Sulzer diesel engines of 1600 hp Maximum speed diesel engines: 26 km / h (14 mm); Maximum immersion electric motor: 17 km / h (9 mm); Autonomy: 2000 mm; 6 Whitehead torpedoes, the 533 mm (21 inches), with a range of m A water cannon and 102 mm Bofors AA; Crew: 40, in which six officers, 26 NCOs and eight men and foremen of quota

**Romanian territory during and after World War II**


Deteriorating international situation and the outbreak of the Second World War (1939) have profoundly affected Romania, given the totalitarian powers incident to its territorial integrity. In 1940, following ultimatums Romanian government data, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and northern Bukovina, while Germany and Italy decided by the Treaty of Vienna to the northern part of Transylvania to be ceded by Romania to Hungary. Southern part of Dobrogea, Quadrilateral, is ceded to Bulgaria. Legend: horizontal stripes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina striped northeastern Transylvania diagonal stripes Dobrudja (the Quadrilateral)

In June 1941 Romania entered the war alongside Germany against the Soviet Union, hoping to regain Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Between 1943-1944 the Romanian political leaders gate secret talks with allied countries, but their results are not favorable.

The coup on August 23, 1944, Romania break the alliance with Germany and sided with the Allies. At the time they, this maneuver has provoked wide comment, was acclaimed as a major event of the Second World War.

Although the Romanian Army has paid tribute to hard to fight German blood, the Paris Peace Conference (1946-1947) did not recognize Romania's co-belligerent status, treating it as a defeated.

Under the agreement between the major powers - the allied states, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Romania, together with other countries in Central and Southeastern Europe in the fall of Soviet influence. History is thus sealed her fate for four decades. 1940. Map showing servers territorial losses suffered by Romania: Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, (marked with horizontal stripes) following application of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, the north-eastern Transylvania (marked with vertical stripes) Following the Vienna Award, Dobrudja (the Quadrilateral - marked with diagonal stripes) gave Bulgaria.