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Type, class: Guided Missile Frigate; Type 22 / Broadsword class - Batch 2Builder: Swan Hunter shipbuilding, Wallsend, U.K.
STATUS: IN SERVICE
Awarded: December 14, 1982
Laid down: March 29, 1984
Launched: April 8, 1986
Commissioned: October 14, 1988
Decommissioned: January 17, 2002
Fate: sold to Romania on January 14, 2003 / renamed Regele Ferdinand (F 221)
Homeport: CONSTANTA
Namesake: REGELE FERDINAND
Class and type Type 22 frigate
Displacement 5,300 tons
Length 148.1 m (486 ft)
Beam 14.8 m (49 ft)
Draught 6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion 4 x Rolls Royce gas turbine engines
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (cruise)
30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max)
Range 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Complement 250
Armament 76/62 Oto Melara Super-Rapid gun
Aircraft carried IAR-330 Puma Naval