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Royal Navy - Guided Missile Frigate

F 89 HMS Battleaxe
 
sorry, no insignia hm battleaxe f 88 type 22 broadsword clas frigate royal navy
 
Type, class: Guided Missile Frigate; Type 22 / Broadsword class - Batch 1
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
 
STATUS:
Awarded: September 5, 1975
Laid down: February 4, 1976
Launched: May 18 1977
Commissioned: March 28, 1980
Decommissioned: August 30, 1996
Fate: sold to Brazil on April 30, 1997 / renamed BNS Rademaker (F 49)
 
Homeport: -
Namesake: -
Ships Motto: -
Technical Data: see INFO > Broadsword / Type 22 class Guided Missile Frigate
 

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f 89 hms battleaxe type 22 broadsword class frigate


f 49 bns rademaker type 22 frigate brazilian navy ex hms battleaxe f 89
in Brazilian Navy service as BNS Rademaker (F 49) - ex HMS Battleaxe (F 89)
 
 
 
 
 

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