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Royal Navy - Guided Missile FrigateF 88 HMS Broadsword |
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Type,
class: Guided Missile Frigate; Type 22 / Broadsword class
- Batch 1 Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. STATUS: Awarded: February 8, 1974 Laid down: February 7, 1975 Launched: May 12, 1976 Commissioned: May 4, 1979 Decommissioned: March 31, 1995 Fate: sold to Brazil on June 30, 1995 / renamed BNS Greenhalgh (F 46) Homeport: - Namesake: - Ships Motto: - Technical Data: see INFO > Broadsword / Type 22 class Guided Missile Frigate |
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in Brazilian Navy service as BNS Greenhalgh (F 46) - ex HMS Broadsword (F 88) in Brazilian Navy service as BNS Greenhalgh (F 46) - ex HMS Broadsword (F 88) |
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HMS Broadsword was the lead
ship and first Batch 1 unit of the Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy. Construction: Broadsword was ordered from Yarrow Shipbuilders on 8 February 1974 and was laid down at Yarrow's Scotstoun shipyard on 7 February 1975. She was launched on 12 May 1976 and commissioned on 3 May 1979. While on sea trials, Broadsword was called into service as the command ship during the large rescue operation required after storms struck the 1979 Fastnet race. source: wikipedia |
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