Romanian Naval Forces
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The Romanian Naval Forces is the principal naval branch of the Romanian Armed Forces and operates in the Black Sea and on the Danube. It traces its history back to 1860.
Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the founder of the Romanian Navy
Model of the paddle ship România
"Fulgerul" (The Lightning) gunboat, built in 1873 at Toulon and armed in the following year at Galați, was the first military ship to have sailed under Romanian flag in maritime waters.
Potemkin at anchor with the Romanian flag hoisted on her mast, Constanța, July 1905
Regele Ferdinand is a Type 22 frigate of the Romanian Naval Forces, formerly a Royal Navy ship named HMS Coventry. She was originally intended to be named Boadicea but was named Coventry in honour of
Romanian Naval Forces
…Naval Component Command Fleet Command "Viceamiral Vasile Urseanu", in Constanța 56th Frigate Flotilla "Contraamiral Horia Macellariu" (Mărășești, Regele Ferdinand and Regina Maria), in Constanța 130th Logistic Support Ship Divizion (Croitor class and Stan Tug 1606 ships), in Constanța Special Unmanned Systems…
Regele Ferdinand, the flagship of the Romanian Navy
Regele Ferdinand in 2005
HMS Coventry (F98), conducts an underway replenishment while on station in the Persian Gulf.
The Romanian Navy frigate Regele Ferdinand (F221) approaches USS Carney (DDG-64) to conduct replenishment-at-sea training in the Black Sea 28 Oct. 2016.