Broadsword (Type 22) class @ The World Wars.net


Class	Broadsword (1)	Broadsword (2)	Broadsword (3)
Type	Guided Missile Frigate	Guided Missile Frigate	Guided Missile Frigate
Year	1979	1984	1988
Crew	222	273	250
Dimensions
Length	125.7 m (pp) 131.2 m	137.5 m (pp) 148.1 m	137.5 m (pp) 149.5 m
Beam	14.8 m	14.8 m	14.8 m
Draught	6.1 m	6.4 m	6.4 m
Displacement
Empty	4,000 t	4,100 t	4,200 t
Loaded	4,400 t	4,800 t	4,900 t
Performance
Speed	56 km/h / 33 km/h	53 km/h / 33 km/h	53 km/h / 33 km/h
Range	8,334 km @ 33 km/h	14,816 km @ 33 km/h	14,816 km @ 33 km/h
Machinery
Shafts	2	2	2
Turbines	2 x Gas turbine 54,600 hp Rolls-Royce Olympus 2 x Gas turbine 9,700 hp Rolls-Royce Tyne RM.IC	2 x Gas turbine 54,600 hp Rolls-Royce Olympus 2 x Gas turbine 9,700 hp Rolls-Royce Tyne RM.IC	2 x Gas turbine 54,600 hp Rolls-Royce Olympus 2 x Gas turbine 9,700 hp Rolls-Royce Tyne RM.IC
Fuel	Oil	Oil	Oil
Armament
Main	None	None	1 x 114-mm/55 (1 x 1) 4.5-in Mk. 8 -10° / +55°
Anti-Aircraft	2 x 40-mm (2 x 1) QF Bofors L/60 [1] 2 x 20-mm (2 x 1) GAM-BO1 [2]	2 x 40-mm (2 x 1) QF Bofors L/60 [1] 2 x 20-mm (2 x 1) GAM-BO1 [2]	1 x 30-mm (1 x 1) Goalkeeper CIWS 2/4 x 30-mm (2/4 x 1) GCM-AO3
Torpedo tubes	6 x 324-mm (2 x 3)	6 x 324-mm (2 x 3)	6 x 324-mm (2 x 3)
AA Weapons	Sea Wolf (2 x 6) Mk. 46 Stingray	Seacat GWS.25 Mod 3 (2 x 6) Mk. 46 Stingray	Seacat GWS.25 Mod 3 (2 x 6) Stingray
AS Weapons	Exocet MM.38 (4 x 1)	Exocet MM.38 (4 x 1)	RGM-84C (2 x 4)
Armor
Armor	None	None	None
Sensors
Radar	Type 910 Type 967 Type 968 Type 1006	Type 911 Type 967/967M Type 968 Type 1006	Type 911 Type 967/967M Type 968 Type 1006
Sonar	Type 162 Type 165 Type 2016/2050	Type 162 Type 165 Type 2031Z Type 2050	Type 162 Type 165 Type 2031Z Type 2050
Aircraft
Helicopters	2	2	2
Production
Built	4	6	4
Total	14

	Ship	Code	Builder	Laid	Launch	Comm	Decomm	Fate
Broadsword (Type 22) (1):
	Broadsword	F88	Yarrow	07/02/1975	12/05/1976	03/05/1979	30/06/1995	Transferred
	Battleaxe	F89	Yarrow	04/02/1976	18/05/1977	28/03/1980	30/04/1997	Transferred
	Brilliant	F90	Yarrow	25/03/1977	15/12/1978	15/05/1981	30/08/1996	Transferred
	Brazen	F91	Yarrow	18/08/1978	04/03/1980	02/07/1982	30/08/1996	Transferred
Broadsword (Type 22) (2):
	Boxer	F92	Yarrow	01/11/1979	17/06/1981	14/01/1984	04/08/1999	Sunk as target
	Beaver	F93	Yarrow	20/06/1980	08/05/1982	18/12/1984	01/05/1999	Sold/Scrapped
	Brave	F94	Marconi Marine	14/05/1982	19/11/1983	04/07/1986	23/03/1999	Sunk as target
	London	F95	Marconi Marine	07/02/1983	27/10/1984	05/06/1987	14/01/1999	Transferred
	Sheffield	F96	Swan Hunter	29/03/1984	26/03/1986	26/07/1988	15/11/2002	Transferred
	Coventry	F98	Swan Hunter	29/03/1984	08/04/1986	14/10/1988	17/01/2002	Transferred
Broadsword (Type 22) (3):
	Cornwall	F99	Marconi Marine	14/12/1983	14/10/1985	23/04/1988	30/06/2011	Sold/Scrapped
	Cumberland	F85	Marconi Marine	12/10/1984	21/06/1986	10/06/1989	23/06/2011	Sold/Scrapped
	Campbeltown	F86	Cammell Laird	04/12/1985	07/10/1987	27/05/1989	04/2011	Sold/Scrapped
	Chatham	F87	Swan Hunter	12/05/1986	20/01/1988	04/05/1990	09/02/2011	Sold/Scrapped

Ship	Code	Former	Code	Comm	Decomm	Fate
Greenhalgh	F46	Broadsword	F88	30/06/1995	10/08/2021	Inactive
Dodsworth	F47	Brilliant	F90	31/08/1996	2012	Sold/Scrapped
Bosisio	F48	Brazen	F91	31/08/1996	23/09/2015	Inactive
Rademaker	F49	Battleaxe	F89	30/04/1997	-	Active
Almirante Williams	FF-19	Sheffield	F96	05/09/2003	-	Active
Regele Ferdinand	F221	Coventry	F98	14/01/2003	-	Active
Regina Maria	F222	London	F95	21/04/2005	-	Active

Guided Missile Frigate (1979)

Broadsword (Type 22) class

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