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Former Royal Navy minehunter commissioned into Romanian Navy

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.

Reported Editor-read Naval News, 7 August 2025

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.

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