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| Flight Deck: | BW |
| Call Sign: | GUUS |
| Shipyard: | Yarrow |
Events |
History of | |||||||||
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| 1974-feb | Ordered | Ordered | |||||||
| 1975-feb-07 | Laid down | Laid down Yard No 1016 | |||||||
| 1976-may-12 | Launched | Launched | |||||||
| 1979-may-04 | Commissioned | Commissioned | |||||||
| 1979-may-15 | Aircraft | Aircraft HMD Devonport noted 829 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ246/320-AZ Amazon Flt, conducting deck landings, inside HMNB Devonport | |||||||
| 1982-jan | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Lynx HAS.2 815 NAS Broadsword Flt XZ736 / 346-BW from Jan 1982 until mid Apr 1982 | |||||||
| 1982-apr-08 | Deployment | Deployment Operation Corporate Departed Gibraltar for South Atlantic, to join CV Battle Group. Left theatre 4 Jul 1982, in company with HMS Hermes and returned to HMNB Devonport on 23 Jul. | |||||||
| 1987-may-17 | Deployment | Deployment Persian Gulf (31) USS Stark Armilla Patrol rendered assistance to USS Stark after it had been badly damaged by Exocet missile strikes. | |||||||
| 1993-jan | Deployment | Deployment  Dalmatian coast UNPROFOR escort for HMS Ark Royal in the Adriatic. Relieved by HMS Brilliant c Mar 1993. | |||||||
| 1993-mar | Aircraft | Aircraft Lynx HAS.3 XZ694 assigned as Broadsword Flt / 347-BW. /346-BW by Aug 1993 until c Mar 1994. | |||||||
| 1995-mar-31 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | |||||||
| 1995-jun-30 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered to Marinha do Brasil as BNS Greenhalgh | |||||||
History of Greenhalgh class | |||||||||
| 1995-jun-30 | Commissioned | Commissioned ex UK RN HMS Broadsword | |||||||
| 2012 | Port Visit | Port Visit  NAS Key West tied up alongside HMS Dauntless at NS Key West | |||||||
| 2014-jan | Deployment | Deployment Operation Aspirantex 2014 engaged in Operation Aspirantex 2014 with Naval units from Argentina and Uruguay. | |||||||
| 2014-feb-01 | Port Visit | Port Visit  Porto de Paranagua Ship open to visitors at Paranaguá. | |||||||
| 2017-dec-09 | Port Visit | Port Visit Porto de Santos Present for Navy Week at Porto de Santos, with auxiliary NT Almirante Gastão Motta. | |||||||
| 2021-aug | Decommissioned | Decommissioned Decommissioned. | |||||||
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Specifications |
| Type 22 (Batch 1) Broadsword class | |||||||
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| 222 | crew | ||||||
| 3500 | light (tn) | ||||||
| 4400 | full load (tn) | ||||||
| 131.10 | length (m) | ||||||
| 14.80 | beam (m) | ||||||
| 6.10 | draught (m) | ||||||
| 4500 | range (nm) | ||||||
| 30 | max speed (knots) | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Olympus | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Tyne | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Engine propulsion system: COGOG | ||||||
| 4 | Missile Launcher MM38 Exocet single launcher | ||||||
| 2 | Missile Launcher Sea Wolf | ||||||
| 4 | Chaff and decoys Seagnat | ||||||
| 1 | Chaff and decoys towed decoy Type 182 | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar air search radar Type 967 | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar surface search radar Type 968 | ||||||
| 2 | Naval Radar fire direction radar Type 910 | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Radar navigation radar Type 1006 | ||||||
| 1 | Sonar hull mounted sonar Type 2016 | ||||||
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Aircraft| Typical | Max | |||||||
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 Royal Navy | Westland Lynx | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Royal Navy | Westland Sea King | 0 | 1 | |||||
Builder |
Yarrow, Scotstoun 