HMS Broadsword (F88)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 7 February 1975 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 4 May 1979 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 March 1995 |
| Fate: | Sold to Brazil on 30 June 1995. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,300 tons |
| Length: | 148.1 m |
| Beam: | 14.8 m |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 33 km/h cruise, 56 km/h sprint |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Armament: | 2 x 6 GWS25 Seawolf SAM Launchers 4 x 1 Exocet SSM Launchers 2 x 20 mm Bofors AA guns |
| Aircraft: | Westland Lynx MK 8 helicopter |
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HMS Broadsword (F88) was the lead ship and first Batch 1 unit of the Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy. She took part in the Falklands War and was accompanying Coventry on 25 May 1982 when that ship was sunk. Broadswords Lynx helicopter was destroyed by one bomb. She rescued 170 of Coventry 's crew. She shot down four aircraft during the war. She was decommissioned on 31 March 1995 and was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 June 1995 and renamed Greenhalgh.
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See HMS Broadsword for other ships of the same name.
| Type 22 frigate |
| Royal Navy |
| Broadsword | Battleaxe | Brilliant | Brazen | Boxer | Beaver | Brave | London | Sheffield | Coventry | Cornwall | Cumberland | Campbeltown | Chatham |
| Brazilian Navy |
| Greenhalgh | Bosisio | Dodsworth | Rademaker |
| Romanian Navy |
| Regina Maria | Regele Ferdinand |
| Chilean Navy |
| Almirante Williams |
| List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
Categories
Type 22 frigates | Clyde built ships