Regele Ferdinand frigate
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | 29 March 1984 |
| Launched: | 8 April 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 14 October 1988 (overhauled 2002-2004, before entering the Romanian Navy) |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | In service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,300 tons |
| Length: | 148.1 m |
| Beam: | 14.8 m |
| Draught: | 6.4 m |
| Propulsion: | 4X Rolls Royce diesel engines |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) cruise, 30 knots (56 km/h) sprint |
| Range: | 4500nm |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Armament (as Regele Ferdinand): | 76/62 Oto Melara Super-Rapid gun |
| Aircraft: | IAR-330 Puma Naval |
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Regele Ferdinand (formerly HMS Coventry (F98)) is a Type 22 frigate and the current flagship of the Romanian Navy.
She was purchased by the Romanian Navy on January 14, 2003, and renamed Regele Ferdinand (King Ferdinand) after Ferdinand I of Romania. The ship was handed over to Romania on August 19, 2004, and underwent sea trials at the same time. Regele Ferdinand was commissioned into the Romanian Navy on September 9, 2004. There has since been some controversy over the price at which she was bought[1].
[edit] References
| Type 22 frigate |
| Royal Navy |
| Broadsword | Battleaxe | Brilliant | Brazen | Boxer | Beaver | Brave | London | Sheffield | Coventry | Cornwall | Cumberland | Campbeltown | Chatham |
| Brazilian Navy |
| Greenhalgh | Bosisio | Dodsworth | Rademaker |
| Romanian Navy |
| Regina Maria | Regele Ferdinand |
| Chilean Navy |
| Almirante Williams |
List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
