HMCS Regina (FFH 334)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Regina.
HMCS Regina (FFH 334) Frigate.jpg
HMCS Regina
History
Canada
Name: Regina
Namesake: Regina, Saskatchewan
Builder: MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon
Laid down: 6 October 1989
Launched: 25 January 1992
Commissioned: 30 September 1994[1]
Refit: HCM/FELEX May 2015 - April 2016
Homeport: CFB Esquimalt
Motto: Latin: Floreat Regina (Let Regina flourish)
Honours and
awards:		 Atlantic 1942-44, Mediterranean 1943, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944,[1] Arabian Sea [2]
Fate: in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class & type: Halifax-class frigate
Displacement:
  • 3,995 tonnes (light)
  • 4,795 tonnes (operational)
  • 5,032 tonnes (deep load)
Length: 134.2 m (440 ft)
Beam: 16.5 m (54 ft)
Draught: 7.1 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)
Complement: 225 (including air detachment)
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × CH-124 Sea King

HMCS Regina is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Navy since 1993. Regina is the fifth vessel in her class which is the name for the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project. She is the second vessel to carry the designation HMCS Regina. She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt.

Construction and career

Regina was laid down on 6 October 1989 at MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon and launched on 25 January 1992. She was commissioned into the Canadian Forces on 29 December 1993 and carries the hull classification symbol FFH 334.

Regina sailed from Esquimalt on 3 July 2012 to the Arabian Sea and joined Combined Task Force 150 on 21 August.[3] She returned home on 14 March 2013.[4]

In 2013, Regina visited Manila, Philippines for a goodwill visit to the Philippines.[5]

On 30 April 2014 the Canadian government announced that Regina would be dispatched to assist in NATO operations, concerning the crisis in the Ukraine.[6] The frigate began her FELEX refit in May 2015 and returned to service on 29 April 2016 at CFB Esquimalt.[7]

Lineage

First of name
HMCS Regina (K234). Revised Flower-class corvette. Commissioned 22 January 1942. Sunk by enemy action 8 August 1944
Second of name
This is the current ship with the name Regina

Gallery

  • HMCS Regina (FFH 334)

  • HMCS Regina (FFH 334)

  • HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283), left and HMCS Regina (FFH 334), right, sitting pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

  • Firing a Harpoon anti-ship missile during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)

References

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External links

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