Type 22 frigate
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| Type 22 Broadsword | |
| Type: | Anti-Submarine Frigate |
| In Service: | 1979 |
| Complement: | Batch 1: 222 Batch 2: 273 Batch 3: 250 |
| Displacement: | Batch 1: 4,400 tons Batch 2: 4,800 tons Batch 3: 4,900 tons |
| Length: | Batch 1: 131.2 m (430 feet) Batch 2: 146.5 m (480 feet) Batch 3: 148.1 m (486 feet) |
| Beam: | 14.8 m (48 feet) |
| Draught: | Batch 1: 6.1 m (20 feet) Batch 2 & 3: 6.4 m (21 feet) |
| Machinery: | Batch 1 & 2: 2-shaft Combined gas or gas (COGOG) 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp) Batch 3 & Brave: 2-shaft Combined gas and gas (COGAG) |
| Speed: | Full: 30 knots Cruise:18 knots |
| Aircraft: | 2 x Westland Lynx HAS / HMA 1 x Westland Sea King HAS / EH-101 Merlin HM (Brave onwards) |
The Type 22 Broadsword class frigates are a class of warships built for the Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class have been built, however only four, all Batch 3 ships, remain in service with the Royal Navy.
The Type 22 was designed to be a specialist anti-submarine warfare vessel as part of the Royal Navy's contribution to NATO. Since then they have evolved into a general purpose frigate with weapons for use against other surface ships, aircraft and submarines. They were built in three batches giving rise to three sub-classes, the first Broadsword of four ships, the second Boxer of six ships and the third and final, Cornwall of four ships.
The four Broadswords (which included two Falklands War veterans) were sold to Brazil in the mid 1990s. Romania has acquired and modernized two of the Batch 2 ships, while a third was purchased by Chile.
Ships
| Name | Pennant | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Home port | Status |
| Royal Navy | ||||||
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| Batch 1 - Broadsword Class | ||||||
| Broadsword | F88 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | May 12th 1976 | May 3rd 1979 | Sold to Brazil | |
| Battleaxe | F89 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | May 18th 1977 | March 28th 1980 | Sold to Brazil | |
| Brilliant | F90 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | December 15th 1978 | May 15th 1981 | Sold to Brazil | |
| Brazen | F91 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | March 4th 1980 | July 2nd 1982 | Sold to Brazil | |
| Batch 2 - Boxer Class | ||||||
| Boxer | F92 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | 17th June 1981 | January 14th 1984 | Sunk as Target | |
| Beaver | F93 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | May 8th 1982 | December 18th 1984 | Sold for Scrap | |
| Brave | F94 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | November 19th 1983 | July 4th 1986 | Sunk as Target | |
| London | F95 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | October 27th 1984 | June 5th 1987 | Sold to Romania | |
| Sheffield | F96 | Swan Hunter | March 26th 1986 | July 26th 1988 | Sold to Chile | |
| Coventry | F98 | Swan Hunter | April 8th 1986 | October 14th 1988 | Sold to Romania | |
| Batch 3 - Cornwall Class | ||||||
| Cornwall | F99 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | October 14th 1985 | April 23rd 1988 | Devonport | Active |
| Cumberland | F85 | Yarrow Shipbuilders | June 21st 1986 | June 10th 1989 | Devonport | Active |
| Campbeltown | F86 | Cammel Laird | October 7th 1987 | May 27th 1989 | Devonport | Active |
| Chatham | F87 | Swan Hunter | January 20th 1988 | May 4th 1990 | Devonport | Active |
| 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 |
