Democrația-class minesweeper
The "Democrația"-class minesweepers were a class of four minesweepers of the Romanian Navy, based on the design of the German M40 minesweeper but with different armament. They were built at the Galați shipyard and launched in 1943, being armed with two German 88 mm naval guns. Work on them was disrupted by the Soviet invasion of Romania in late 1944 and was only resumed in 1949. Two of the ships, renamed "Democrația" and "Descătușarea", were completed in 1954, with "Desrobirea" completed in 1955 and "Dreptatea" in 1956. By 1960, the two German naval guns were replaced by  Soviet 85 mm naval guns. The four ships were modernized in 1976, being mounted six AA guns of 37 mm and four machine guns of 14.5 mm, as well as mine launching rails, the ships being able to carry up to 50 mines each. In 1993, the ships were re-designated as corvettes and renamed "Vice-Amiral Mihai Gavrilescu", "Vice-Amiral Ioan Bălănescu", "Vice-Amiral Emil Grescescu" and "Vice-Amiral Ioan Georgescu". Ultimately, the ships were scrapped in 2001.