October 2008. The Black Sea. Photo by E. Pavlov.

Country: Romania.
Class, [Type]: Broadsword, [FF].
Homeport: Constanta.

Builder: Swan Hanter Shipbuilders, Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.
Laid down date: 29 March 1984.
Launch date: 8 April 1986.
Commission date: 14 October 1988.
Recommission date: 9 September 2004.

Displacement ( tons ): 4800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 146,5 x 15 x 6,4.
Main machinery: COGOG: 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 50000 sh ), 2 x Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines ( 9900 sh ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Range ( miles ): 4500 at 18 knots.
Complement: 203.

Guns: 1 x 1 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid.
Torpedoes:  2 x 3 324mm Plessey STWS Mk2.

Radars: Air/Surface: Type 967; Navigation: Type 1007.
Sonars: Type 2050.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 12 130mm DL-12.
Helicopters: 1 x Puma.
Comment: Ex - HMS Coventry ( F-98 ).