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
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.
HMS Coventry (D118)
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HMS Coventry was a Type 42-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Laid down by Cammell Laird, at Birkenhead on 29 January 1973, she was launched on 21 June 1974 and accepted into service on 20 October 197
Romanian frigate Regele Ferdinand
…formerly a Royal Navy ship named HMS Coventry (F98). She was originally intended to be named Boadicea but was named Coventry in honour of the previous Coventry, a Type 42 destroyer sunk in the Falklands War. Following service in the Royal Navy she was sold to the Romanian Navy in 2003. Between 1990 and 1996…
HMS Coventry
En route to the Falklands Islands in 1982
Memorial to the dead of HMS Coventry in Holy Trinity Church, Coventry