HMS London (F95)

HMS "London" (F95) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy, originally named "Bloodhound" but renamed "London" at the request of the Lord Mayor of London.

She was flagship of the Royal Navy task force during the First Gulf War.

She was decommissioned on 14 January 1999 and sold to the Romanian Navy on 14 January 2003, being commissioned as "Regina Maria" on 21 April 2005. There has since been some controversy over the price at which Romania purchased the ship. [citeweb|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade/story/0,,1796377,00.html |title=We paid three times too much for UK frigates, Romania says|work=The Guardian|date=13 June 2006|accessdate=14 June|accessyear=2006]

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