HMS London (F95) |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS London (F95) |
| Namesake: | 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 |
| Career (Romania) | |
| Name: | ROS Regina Maria (F222) |
| Namesake: | Marie of Edinburgh |
| Acquired: | 14 January 2003 |
| Commissioned: | 21 April 2005 |
| Fate: | In service |
| Badge: | |
| 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: | UK 2 × 6 GWS25 Seawolf SAM Launchers 4 × 1 MM.38 Exocet SSM Launchers 2 × Twin 30 mm AA 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns 4 × 7.62mm GPMGs Romania 76/62 Oto Melara Super-Rapid gun |
| Aircraft carried: | UK Lynx Mk.8 Romania IAR-330 Puma Naval |
HMS London (F95) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy, originally named Bloodhound but renamed London at the request of the Lord Mayor of London.
She was flagship of the Royal Navy task force during the First Gulf War in 1991.
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. She was named Regina Maria after Queen Marie of Romania, wife of King Ferdinand I of Romania. There has since been some controversy over the price at which Romania purchased the ship.[1]
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