Romanian frigate Regina Maria (F222)

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Regina Maria underway in Constanța, August 2014
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS London
Namesake	London
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	7 February 1983
Launched	27 October 1984
Commissioned	5 June 1987
Decommissioned	14 January 1999
Identification	Pennant number: F95
Fate	Sold to Romania on 14 January 2003
Romania
Name	Regina Maria
Namesake	Marie of Edinburgh
Acquired	14 January 2003
Commissioned	21 April 2005
Identification	Pennant number: F222 MMSI number: 264800091 MarineTraffic ID: 6269266 Callsign:YQYN
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type 22 frigate
Displacement	5,300 tonnes
Length	148.1 m (486 ft)
Beam	14.8 m (49 ft)
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; 21 mph) (cruise) 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max)
Complement	250
Armament	2 × 6 GWS25 Sea Wolf surface-to-air missile launchers 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
Aircraft carried	Lynx Mk.8 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.