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Romanian frigate Regina Maria (F222)

Frigate originally built for Royal navy, Now in service with Romanian Naval forces

Frigate originally built for Royal navy, Now in service with Romanian Naval forces

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section1{{Infobox ship/image
imageRomanian frigate Regina Maria (F222) underway in August 2014.JPG
image_captionRegina Maria underway in Constanța, August 2014
section2{{Infobox ship/career
countryUnited Kingdom
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nameHMS London
namesakeLondon
builderYarrow Shipbuilders
laid_down7 February 1983
launched27 October 1984
commissioned5 June 1987
decommissioned14 January 1999
identificationPennant number: F95
fateSold to Romania on 14 January 2003
section3{{Infobox ship/career
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countryRomania
flag
nameRegina Maria
namesakeMarie of Edinburgh
acquired14 January 2003
commissioned21 April 2005
identification*Pennant number: F222
statusIn active service
badge[[File:Fregata Regina Maria.png120px]]
section4{{Infobox ship/characteristics
classType 22 frigate
displacement5,300 tonnes
length148.1 m
beam14.8 m
draught6.4 m
propulsion*2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW)
speed*18 kn (cruise)
complement250
armament* 2 × 6 GWS25 Sea Wolf surface-to-air missile launchers
aircraft*Lynx Mk.8

  • Callsign:YQYN

  • 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW)

  • 30 kn (max)

  • 4 × 1 MM.38 Exocet surface-to-surface missile launchers

  • 2 × Twin 30 mm BMARC anti-aircraft guns

  • 2 × 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns

  • 4 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns

  • '*As *Regina Maria''''':

    • 76/62 Oto Melara Super-Rapid gun

  • '*As *Regina Maria''''':

    • IAR-330 Puma Naval Regina Maria (F222) is a Type 22 frigate of the Romanian Naval Forces, formerly a Royal Navy ship named HMS London (F95). It is named after Queen Marie of Romania, wife of King Ferdinand I of Romania.

Service

HMS London 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 1991 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. Before the sale the Sea Wolf and Exocet missile systems were removed, and the only armament the ship had when delivered was two 30 mm BMARC cannons and two three-tube anti-submarine torpedo launchers. The Romanian Navy had a 76 mm OTO-Melara gun system fitted forward where the Exocets had been mounted, but no missile systems or additional weapons have been fitted. There has since been some controversy over the price for which Romania purchased the ship.

Romanian authorities are currently working in collaboration with the Romanian to replace two of the Rolls-Royce gas turbine engines with two ST40M turbine engines designed at COMOTI.

Commanding officers

Notable commanding officers include Iain Henderson (1990-1991), Mark Stanhope (1991-1992) and Timothy McClement (1992-1994).

References

Publications

References

  1. Leigh, David. (13 June 2006). "We paid three times too much for UK frigates, Romania says". [[The Guardian]].
  2. (2021). "Automation control for revamping the propulsion system of a navy frigate". Scientific Bulletin - "Politehnica" University of Bucharest.
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