HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
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_Frigate.jpg) HMCS Regina (FFH 334) |
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| Career (Canada) |  |
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| Namesake: | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Builder: | MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
| Laid down: | 6 October 1989 |
| Launched: | 25 January 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 29 December 1993 |
| Homeport: | CFB Esquimalt |
| Motto: | Floreat Regina (Let Regina flourish) |
| Honours and awards: |
Atlantic 1942-44, Gulf of St. Lawrence 1942, Mediterranean 1943, English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944 |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Halifax-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,995 tonnes (light) 4,795 tonnes (operational) 5,032 tonnes (deep load) |
| Length: | 134.2 m |
| Beam: | 16.5 m |
| Draught: | 7.1 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × LM2500 Gas turbines 1 × SEMT Pielstick Diesel engine |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,595 km) |
| Complement: | 225 (including air detachment) |
| Armament: | 24 × Honeywell Mk 46 torpedoes 16 × Evolved Sea-Sparrow SAM 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon SSM 1 × 57 mm Bofors Mk2 gun 1 × 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 6 × .50 Caliber machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × CH-124 Sea King |
HMCS Regina (FFH 334) is a Halifax-class frigate that has served in the Canadian Forces 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.
Regina was laid down on 6 October 1989 at MIL Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon and launched on 25 January 1992. She was officially commissioned into the CF on 29 December 1993 and carries the hull classification symbol 334.
She is assigned to Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) and is homeported at CFB Esquimalt.
[edit] Service
Regina serves on MARPAC missions protecting Canada's sovereignty in the Pacific Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial sea and Exclusive Economic Zone.
[edit] 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)
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Checking systems in the main space aboard the Canadian frigate HMCS Regina (FFH-334).
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