HMS Broadsword (F88)
| HMS Broadsword seen in profile |
| | Career | |
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| 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 |
| Motto: |
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
May 25, 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.
External links
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Broadsword Association*
HMS Broadsword Falklands 82See
HMS Broadsword for other ships of the same name.
