HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
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| History | |
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 Canada
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| 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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Halifax-class frigate |
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| Length: | 134.2 m (440 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.5 m (54 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.1 m (23 ft) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) |
| Complement: | 225 (including air detachment) |
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| 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
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HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
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HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
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HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283), left and HMCS Regina (FFH 334), right, sitting pierside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Firing a Harpoon anti-ship missile during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)
References
- 1 2 "Official Lineages, Volume 2: Ships". National Defence and the Canadian Forces. 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "South-West Asia Theatre Honours". Prime Minister of Canada. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Operation ARTEMIS". Canadian Joint Operations Command. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ Hartland, Louise (14 March 2013). "Emotional homecoming for HMCS Regina after eight months at sea". CTV News Vancouver Island. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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- ↑ Cudmore, James (30 April 2014). "HMCS Regina to join NATO's Ukraine "reassurance" mission". CBC News. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ Bell, Jeff (29 April 2016). "[Gallery] HMCS Regina back in service after $70-million refit". Times Colonist. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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