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HMS Broadsword (F88)
1979 Type 22 or Broadsword-class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Broadsword.
HMS Broadsword was the lead ship and first Batch 1 unit of the Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy.
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![]() HMS Broadsword in Portsmouth Harbour, 1982 | |
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Name | HMS Broadsword |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 7 February 1975 |
Launched | 12 May 1976 |
Commissioned | 4 May 1979 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1995 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport |
Identification | Pennant number: F88 |
Fate | Sold to Brazil 30 June 1995 |
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Name | Greenhalgh |
Operator | Brazilian Navy |
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Status | Decommissioned 10 August 2021[1] |
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Class and type | Type 22 frigate |
Displacement | 4,400 tons |
Length | 131.2 m (430 ft) |
Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft) |
Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
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Complement | 222 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Lynx Lynx HAS.2 helicopter |
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