August 2008. Constanta. Photo by E. Pavlov.

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

Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, U.K.
Laid down date: 7 February 1983.
Launch date: 27 October 1984.
Commission date: 5 June 1987.
Recommission date: 21 April 2005.

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.

Radar: Air/Surface: Type 967; Navigation: Type 1007.
Sonar: Type 2050.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 12 130mm DL-12.
Helicopter: 1 x Puma.
Comment: Ex - HMS London ( F-95 ).