| IMO: | |
| MMSI: | |
| Flight Deck: | BT |
| Call Sign: | GWOJ |
| Shipyard: | Yarrow |
Events |
History of | |||||||||
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| 1976-sep | Ordered | Ordered | |||||||
| 1977-mar-25 | Laid down | Laid down Yard No 1018 | |||||||
| 1978-dec-16 | Launched | Launched | |||||||
| 1981-may-15 | Commissioned | Commissioned | |||||||
| 1981-jul | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Lynx HAS.2 815 NAS Brilliant Flt XZ736 / 342-BT from Jul 1981 until c Dec 1981 | |||||||
| 1981-aug-29 | Port Visit | Port Visit HMD Devonport Navy Days 1981 Ship open to visitors at Plymouth Navy Days 1981 | |||||||
| 1982-apr-02 | Deployment | Deployment Operation Corporate Ordered to South Atlantic from exercise, leaving theatre on 23 Jun 1982, after being relieved by HMS Broadsword. | |||||||
| 1982-apr-14 | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ721 as Brilliant Flt / 341 from 14 Apr to 22 Apr 1982 | |||||||
| 1982-apr-22 | Deployment | Deployment Grytviken Operation Paraquat detached from main group to join Operation Paraquat to retake South Georgia | |||||||
| 1982-apr-22 | Aircraft | Aircraft released Lynx XZ721 to HMS Sheffield, in exchange for XZ725 as 815 NAS Brilliant Flt / 341 | |||||||
| 1986-apr | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Lynx HAS.3 829 NAS Brilliant Flt ZD268/ 342-BT from c Apr 1986 to c Jun 1987 | |||||||
| 1988-dec | Aircraft | Aircraft  Vipingo assigned 829 Sq Lynx HAS.3 XZ244/343 until side door broke loose in flight and damaged tail rotor, causing crash near Vipingo, Kenya on 14 May 1989 | |||||||
| 1989-jul-28 | Deployment | Deployment HMD Devonport Navy Days 1989 present at Plymouth Navy Days 1989 | |||||||
| 1990-may | Port Visit | Port Visit visit to Faroes Islands | |||||||
| 1991-jan-15 | Deployment | Deployment Persian Gulf Armilla Patrol Departed Portland for Armilla Patrol duties, in company with HMS Exeter, HMS Brave and RFA Bayleaf (and joined later by HMS Manchester), to relieve HMS Gloucester, HMS Cardiff and HMS Brazen on station. | |||||||
| 1993-mar | Deployment | Deployment  Dalmatian coast UNPROFOR escort for HMS Ark Royal in the Adriatic. Relieved HMS Broadsword and relieved by Hr.Ms. Abraham Crijnssen c May 1993. | |||||||
| 1993-may | Aircraft | Aircraft assigned Lynx HAS.3 815 NAS Brilliant Flt XZ231 / 342-BT from May 1993 until c Feb 1994 | |||||||
| 1996 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | |||||||
| 1996-aug-30 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered to Marinha do Brasil as BNS Dodsworth | |||||||
History of Greenhalgh class | |||||||||
| 1996-aug-31 | Commissioned | Commissioned ex UK RN HMS Brilliant | |||||||
| 2004-mar-11 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | |||||||
| 2012-jul | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped  Aliaga Shipbreakers scrapped in Turkey | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Royal Navy | Westland Lynx | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Royal Navy | Westland Sea King | 0 | 1 | |||||
Builder |
Yarrow, Scotstoun 