Regele Ferdinand frigate
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 F 221 Regele Ferdinand |
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| Career (Romania) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Regele Ferdinand |
| Laid down: | 29 March 1984 |
| Launched: | 8 April 1986 |
| Acquired: | 14 January 2003 |
| Commissioned: | 9 September 2004 |
| Fate: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 22 fregate |
| Displacement: | 5,300 tons |
| Length: | 148.1 m |
| Beam: | 14.8 m |
| Draught: | 6.4 m |
| Propulsion: | 4X Rolls Royce gas turbine engines |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) sprint |
| Range: | 4500nm |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Armament: | 76/62 Oto Melara Super-Rapid gun |
| Aircraft carried: | IAR-330 Puma Naval |
Regele Ferdinand (formerly HMS Coventry (F98)) is a Type 22 frigate and the current flagship of the Romanian Navy.
She was purchased from the United Kingdom 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
- ^ David Leigh and Rob Evans, "We paid three times too much for UK frigates, Romania says", The Guardian, June 13, 2006
[edit] See also
- Mărăşeşti (frigate)
- Regina Maria frigate
- Romanian Naval Forces
- Regele Ferdinand class destroyer a world war 2 era namesake
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