 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakanyanya kudarika nenhamba neBlack Sea Fleet, ngarava dzeRomania dzakachengetwa kumashure kweminda yeminine dzichidzivirira Constanța kwemwedzi yakati wandei inotevera, vachidzidzira mashandiro ekuperekedza makondirakiti. Kutanga musi wa5 Gumiguru, vaRomania vakatanga kuisa minda yemaminera kuti vadzivirire nzira iri pakati peBosphorus neConstanța. Zvirongwa zvekuchera zvakaparadzwa nevanoparadza; chikepe chepasi pemvura chakapfura torpedo mbiri pa Regina Maria musi iwoyo, asi chakakundikana. Pashure pokubviswa kweOdessamusi wa 16 Gumiguru, vaRomania vakatanga kubvisa zvimbambaira zveSoviet zvaidzivirira chiteshi uye kuisa yavo minda yemaminera inodzivirira nzira pakati peConstanța neOdessa. Musi wa 1 Zvita Regina Maria, hanzvadzi yake ngarava uye Mărăști vakanga vachiperekedza mutyairi kuenda kuOdessa apo ngarava yepasi pemvura yakarwisa mutyairi. Yakakurumidza kuonekwa uye yakadzika mhosva ne Regina Maria uye Regele Ferdinand neyekupedzisira ichiti yakauraya. Zvinyorwa zveSoviet hazvibvumi kurasikirwa kupi nokupi pazuva iroro. Regina Maria uye Regele Ferdinand vakafambisa imwe ngoro kuenda kuOdessa musi wa16-17 Zvita, yekupedzisira isati yavharwa nechando chiteshi. 