Romanian frigate Regele Ferdinand (F221)
Regele Ferdinand (F221) is a Type 22 frigate of the Romanian Naval Forces, 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.
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.
The Type 22 frigate also known as the Broadsword class was a class of frigates built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen were built in total, with production divided into three batches.
HMS Beaver, 30 June 1986
Rademaker, formerly Battleaxe, a Type 22 frigate of the Brazilian Navy
HMS Campbeltown, displaying some of the external differences of the Batch 3 units; the 4.5-inch gun instead of Exocet launchers, and the Goalkeeper CIWS visible in front of the foremast.
