HMCS Regina (FFH 334)

	HMCS Regina underway in 2008
History
Canada
Name	Regina
Namesake	Regina, Saskatchewan
Builder	MIL-Davie Shipbuilding, Lévis
Laid down	6 October 1989
Launched	25 January 1992
Commissioned	30 September 1994
Refit	HCM/FELEX May 2015 – April 2016
Homeport	CFB Esquimalt
Identification	MMSI number: 316148000; Callsign: CGAE;
Motto	Latin: Floreat Regina (Let Regina flourish)
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1942–44, Gulf of St Lawrence 1942, Mediterranean 1943, Normandy 1944, English Channel 1944, Arabian Sea
Fate	in active 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 (440 ft)
Beam	16.5 m (54 ft)
Draught	7.1 m (23 ft)
Propulsion	2 × LM2500 gas turbines; 1 × SEMT Pielstick diesel engine;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi)
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 Mk3 gun; 1 × 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; 6 × .50 Caliber machine guns;
Aircraft carried	1 × CH-148 Cyclone

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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