Coventry 1988

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Name:	COVENTRY
Type:	Frigate
Keel:	29/03/1984
Launched:	08/04/1986
Completed:	14/10/1988
Builder:	Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard:	Wallsend
Yard Number:	124
Dimensions:	4800disp, 146.5 x 14.8 x 6.4(draft)metres
Engines:	2 x Olympus gas turbines, 2 x Tyne gas turbines, 54600shp & 9700shp
Engines by:	Rolls-Royce Plc
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 30.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	2 x 6 x Sea Wolf Anti-Air missiles, 4 x 1 x Exocet Anti-Ship missiles,
	2 x 2 x Mk46 Anti-Sub torpedoes, 2 x 40mm guns, 2 x Helicopters;
	(2004: 1 x 76mm QF gun, 1 x Helicopter)
History:
14/10/1988	British Royal Navy
09/09/2004	Government of Romania; renamed REGELE FERDINAND
	In service

Comments:	Member of the Type 22 (Batch 2) Class of frigates
	Intended to be named BOADICEA but renamed to commemorate the Type 42 destroyer
	2016: In service

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