Mărăşeşti (frigate)

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Mărăşeşti Frigate
Name:	Mărăşeşti
Laid down:	1984
Launched:	1985
Commissioned:	1992
Fate:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Frigate
Displacement:	5,000 tons
Length:	144.6 m
Beam:	14.8 m
Draught:	5 m
Propulsion:	4 X 8440hp - diesel engines
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h) cruise 27 knots (52 km/h) sprint
Range:	1,500nm
Complement:	240
Armament:	8 x P-20M (SS-N-2) anti-ship missiles (4 x twin launchers) 2 x RBU-6000 213 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers 4 x AK726 76 mm guns (2 x twin turrets) 4 x AK-630 six-barreled 30 mm Gatling guns 2 x triple 533 mm torpedo tubes mines
Aircraft carried:	2 X IAR 330 Puma Naval

For other uses, see Mărăşeşti (disambiguation).

Mărăşeşti is a frigate currently serving with the Romanian Navy, named after Mărăşeşti, the site of a Romanian victory in World War I.

Mărăşeşti served as the flagship of the navy between 1985 and 2004, when Regele Ferdinand (formerly HMS Coventry) became the new flagship. Launched in 1985, Mărăşeşti was since laid up until 1992 because of stability problems caused by excessive topweight. The lack of radar guided surface-to-air missiles and modern anti-ship missiles makes her quite vulnerable and obsolete.

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