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| Ship image = [[File:Romanian gunboat Grivița at Nicopol, 1913.jpg|300px]]
| Ship caption = ''Grivița'' in 1913
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| Ship country =Romania
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Romania|naval}}
| Ship name =''Grivița''
| Ship namesake = [[Siege of Plevna#Third Battlebattle|Battle of Grivița]]
| Ship builder =[[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino|STT]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
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| Ship out of service = 1919?
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| Header caption = (as built)
| Ship type =[[Gunboat]]
| Ship displacement =*110 tons (standard)
*128 tons (full load)
| Ship length =30 meters ▼
| Ship beam length =60.5.4 meters
▲| Ship lengthbeam =305.2 meters
| Ship draft =1.8 meters
| Ship propulsion =*1Steam, shaft;180 1 two-cylinder steam enginehp
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| Ship speed ={{convert|9|kn|lk=in}}
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| Ship complement =4830
| Ship armament =*'''1880:'''2 × single [[QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt|{{convert|57|mm|in|abbr=on}} Nordenfelt]] guns
*2 × single {{convert|9037|mm|in|abbr=on}} Krupp guns
*2 x machine guns
*'''1888:'''
*2 × single [[QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt|{{convert|57|mm|in|abbr=on}} Nordenfelt]] guns
*2 × single {{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[Hotchkiss gun|Hotchkiss revolving gun]]s
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'''NMS ''Grivița''''' was a gunboat of the [[Romanian Navy]], built in 1880. It was the first warship acquired by the [[Kingdom of Romania]] after [[independence of Romania|gaining independence in 1878]] and the first military ship of the Romanian [[Black Sea]] Fleet. Throughout her career, she saw service on both the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Danube]] during the [[Second Balkan War]] and the [[First World War]].
 
==DescripitonDescription==
''Grivița'' was the first warship acquired by Romania after its [[Romanian War of Independence|1877-1878 war of independence]]. She was built in 1880 by [[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino]] in [[Austria-Hungary]], being the last warship purchased by Romania before the country's conversion to a Kingdom in 1881. She measured 60.5 meters in length, with a beam of 5.2 meters and a draught of 1.8 meters. She displaced 110 tons standard and 128 tons with a full load of coal, had a crew of 30 men and a top speed of 9 knots, generated by a 180 [[horsepower|hp]] steam engine. She was armed with two [[QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt|57 mm Nordenfelt gun]]s, two 37 mm [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom|1-pounder gun]]s and two machine guns.<ref>Roger Chesneau, N. J. M. Campbell, ''Conway's All the world Fighting Ships 1906-1921'', Mayflower Books, 1979, p. 421</ref><ref>John Evelyn Moore, ''Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I'', Military Press, 1990, p. 295</ref>
[[File:MHE8.jpg|thumb|left|Hotchkiss 37 mm revolving cannon]]
''Grivița'' (also known as ''Grivitza'' in English-language sources) was built in 1880 by [[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino]] in [[Austria-Hungary]]. She measured 30 meters in length, had a beam of 5.4 meters and a draught of 1.8 meters. She displaced 110 tons, had a crew of 48 men and a top speed of 9 knots, generated by a two-cylinder steam engine. For most of her career, she was armed with two [[QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt|57 mm Nordenfelt gun]]s and two 37 mm five-barreled [[Hotchkiss revolving gun]]s. However, her initial armament consisted of two 90 mm Krupp guns, the 37 mm revolving guns being mounted in 1882 and the 57 mm guns replacing the 90 mm ones in 1888.<ref>Constantin Cumpănă, Corina Apostoleanu, ''Amintiri despre o flotă pierdută'' (2011). Telegraf Advertising, Constanta, Romania. {{ISBN|9789738752696}} (in Romanian) {{Page needed|date=May 2017}}</ref><ref>''Weyers Flottentaschenbuch, Ausgabe 1910'' (in German)</ref><ref>''[[Brassey's Naval Annual]], years 1912 and 1916''</ref>
 
==Career==
[[File:1902 - NaveCanoniera ale Diviziei de DunareGrivita.pngjpg|thumb|left|''Grivița'' (second from the left) in 1902, alongside several other Romanian Danube warships]]
''Grivița'' was ordered in 1880, with the main purpose of enforcing Romanian interests at the newly-established [[Danube Commission]], headquartered in the Romanian port town of [[Sulina]].<ref>Ştefan Negrea, ''Pe urmele lui Grigore Antipa'', p. 132 (in Romanian)</ref> In 1885-1886, she conducted topographic research off Sulina and the northern half of the Romanian coast.<ref>''Revista muzeelor și monumentelor, Volume 26'', p. 47 (in Romanian)</ref> ''Grivița'' was brought in Romania by the fleet commander itself.<ref name=":0" />
 
Between 1886 and 1888, NMS ''Grivița'' was commanded by commander Sebastian Eustațiu.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Fortele Navale Romane|date=Summer 2010|title=MARINA ROMÂNÃ|url=http://www.navy.ro/media/revista_mr/numere/rmr143.pdf|journal=Marina Românã|volume=5|pages=43, 45|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
 
The 1913 [[Second Balkan War]] found her on the Danube, where she provided artillery support for the Romanian troops crossing into Bulgaria from [[Corabia]].<ref>Raymond Stănescu, Cristian Crăciunoiu, ''Marina română în primul război mondial'', p. 35 (in Romanian)</ref>
 
When Romania entered the [[First World War]] on the side of the Allies in late 1916, she was put at the disposal of the Russian [[Black Sea Fleet]], acting as a liaison ship between the Russian and Romanian forces<ref>''Marea revoluție socialistă din octombrie și mișcarea revoluționară și democratică din România'', p. 331 (in Romanian)</ref> under the command of Captain Vlădescu Constantin.<ref>Raymond Stănescu, Cristian Crăciunoiu, ''Marina română în primul război mondial'', p. 271 (in Romanian)</ref> She was later transferred to the [[Romanian Navy during World War I#Danube fleet|Romanian Danube fleet]]. In the autumn of 1916, she along with a tug and two barges evacuated the Romanian 37 &nbsp;mm and 57 &nbsp;mm coastal artillery guns from Cinghineaua Island, after the latter ended up {{convert|6|km|mi}} behind enemy lines.<ref>Raymond Stănescu, Cristian Crăciunoiu, ''Marina română în primul război mondial'', p. 93 (in Romanian)</ref> A few months later, she collided with a Russian ship, but was successfully repaired.<ref>Raymond Stănescu, Cristian Crăciunoiu, ''Marina română în primul război mondial'', p. 222 (in Romanian)</ref> After [[Romania during World War I#Romania reenters the war, November 1918|Romania resumed hostilities against the Central Powers in the autumn of 1918]], she captured a German cargo ship sailing for [[Odessa]].<ref>Codreanu Săvoiu, ''Curierul judiciar 1923'', p. 553</ref> She was mentioned for the last time in March 1919, and was likely deleted{{clarify|reason=as in scrapped?|date=June 2017}} later that same year.<ref>Raymond Stănescu, Cristian Crăciunoiu, ''Marina română în primul război mondial'', p. 271 (in Romanian)</ref> her ultimate fate being unknown.<ref>Roger Chesneau, N. J. M. Campbell, ''Conway's All the world Fighting Ships 1906-1921'', Mayflower Books, 1979, p. 421</ref>
 
== References ==▼
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== See also ==
* [[Grivitsa]], the location of the Battle of Grivița the ship is named for
 
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