HMS London (F95)
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 HMS London |
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS London |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| 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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement: | 5,300 tonnes |
| Length: | 148.1 m (486 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 14.8 m (48 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW) 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) maximum |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6 GWS25 Seawolf SAM Launchers 4 × 1 Exocet SSM Launchers 2 × Twin 30 mm AA 2 × 20 mm AA guns 4 × 7.62mm GPMGs |
| Aircraft carried: | Lynx Mk.8 helicopters |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS London.
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, being commissioned as Regina Maria on 21 April 2005. There has since been some controversy over the price at which Romania purchased the ship.[1]
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