HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
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HMCS Regina
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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 |
| 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, Arabian Sea |
| 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.
The Halifax-class frigate design of which Regina belongs, was ordered by the Canadian Forces in 1977 as a replacement for the aging St. Laurent, Restigouche, Mackenzie, and Annapolis classes of destroyer escorts , which were all tasked with anti-submarine warfare. In July 1983, the federal government approved the budget for the design and construction of the first batch of six new frigates of which Regina was a part, out of twelve that were eventually built. To reflect the changing long term strategy of the Navy during the 1980s and 1990s, the Halifax-class frigates was designed as a general purpose warship with particular focus on anti-submarine capabilities.
As built, the Halifax-class vessels displaced 4,750 long tons (4,830 t) and were 134.65 metres (441 ft 9 in) long overall and 124.49 metres (408 ft 5 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 16.36 metres (53 ft 8 in) and a draught of 4.98 metres (16 ft 4 in). That made them slightly larger than the Iroquois-class destroyers. The vessels are propelled by two shafts with Escher Wyss controllable pitch propellers driven by a CODOG system of two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, generating 47,500 shaft horsepower (35,400 kW) and one SEMT Pielstick 20 PA6 V 280 diesel engine, generating 8,800 shaft horsepower (6,600 kW).
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