HMS London (F95)

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A group of Type 22's, with HMS Coventry in the foreground. HMS London can be seen in the centre of the group of ships.
Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	7 February 1983
Launched:	27 October 1984
Commissioned:	5 June 1987
Decommissioned:	14 January 1999
Fate:	Sold to Romania on 14 January 2003.
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5,300 tons
Length:	148.1 m
Beam:	14.8 m
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed:	33 km/h cruise, 56 km/h sprint
Range:
Complement:	250
Armament:	76/62 Oto Metara Super-Rapid gun after refit and commissioned as Regina Maria
Aircraft:	Lynx MK 8 helicopter
Motto:

HMS London (F95) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy, originally named Bloodhound but renamed London at the request of the Mayor of London. She was flagship of the Royal Navy task force during the First Gulf War. She was decommissioned on 14 January 1999 and sold to the Romanian Navy on 14 January 2003 and renamed Regina Maria. Regina Maria was commissioned into the Romanian Navy on 21. April 2005. There has since been some controversy over the price at which she was bought.[1]

See HMS London for other ships of the same name.