HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMCS Regina.
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.
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HMCS Regina underway in 2008 | |
History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Regina |
Namesake | Regina, Saskatchewan |
Builder | MIL-Davie Shipbuilding, Lévis |
Laid down | 6 October 1989 |
Launched | 25 January 1992 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1994[1] |
Refit | HCM/FELEX May 2015 – April 2016 |
Homeport | CFB Esquimalt |
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Motto | Latin: Floreat Regina (Let Regina flourish) |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1942–44, Gulf of St Lawrence 1942,[2] Mediterranean 1943, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944,[1] Arabian Sea[3] |
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-148 Cyclone |
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