The ships were built at the
Mangalia shipyard following testing done on the
Grivița-class (Brutar-I). The ships have a displacement of with a hull length of ,
beam of and
draught of . The ships are crewed by 44 seamen and have a range of with a 5-day autonomy. Armament consists of one 100mm A430 gun (naval version of the
100 mm anti-tank gun M1977), two
122mm APRN multiple rocket launchers with 40 rockets each, one twin 30mm gun, two
MR-4N 14.5mm machine guns and two
TAB-77 turrets (14.5mm+7.62mm machine guns). For
anti-aircraft defense, the ships carry locally produced
Strela 2M MANPADS. After the modernization carried out at the
Brăila shipyard between 2018 and 2019, the old engines were replaced with three
Doosan 4V222TIL diesel engines and two
Volvo Penta diesel generators were also mounted, increasing the maximum speed of the
Smârdan from to . Other upgrades included modern laser rangefinders, thermal imaging systems, sonars and Koden navigation radars. ==Ships==