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# Former Royal Navy minehunter commissioned into Romanian Navy
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-08-07-uk-romania-minehunter-transfer/
- Published: 2025-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-16T12:00:21.000Z
- Description: The UK's Defence Equipment Sales Authority sold the former HMS Pembroke, a Sandown class minehunter refurbished by Babcock, to Romania. It was commissioned at Rosyth as Capitan Constantin Dumitrescu for Black Sea mine countermeasures.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Naval News, 7 August 2025](https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/08/romanian-navy-commissions-former-royal-navy-minehunter/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish the sale price or any further UK Romania naval transfers planned.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-16\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)