"sublocotenent ghiculescu" was a gunboat of the french "friponne" class. she was built at arsenal de brest, being launched in 1917 and commissioned by the french navy as "mignonne" in 1918. she was sold to romania in january 1920. like her sisters, the gunboat displaced between 344 and 443 tons, measuring 62.1 meters in length, with a beam of 7 meters and a deep-load draught of 2.9 meters. power plant consisted of two sulzer diesel engines powering two shafts, resulting in an output of 900 hp which gave her a top speed of 15 knots. she had a range of 3,000 nautical miles at 10 knots and 1,600 nautical miles at 15 knots. she was armed with two 100 mm naval guns and two 400 mm depth-charge throwers, her crew amounting to 50.