---Filter--- Commissioned Decommissioned Port Visit Deployment History of Type 22 (Batch 1) Broadsword class F88 HMS Broadsword 1974-feb Ordered 1975-feb-7 Laid down Yard No 1016 1976-may-12 Launched 1979-may-4 Commissioned 1979-may-15 Aircraft HMD Devonport noted 829 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ246 /320-AZ Amazon Flt, conducting deck landings, inside HMNB Devonport1982-jan Aircraft assigned Lynx HAS.2 815 NAS Broadsword Flt XZ736 / 346-BW from Jan 1982 until mid Apr 1982 1982-apr-8 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 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 Dalmatian coast UNPROFOR escort for HMS Ark Royal in the Adriatic. Relieved by HMS Brilliant c Mar 1993.1993-mar Aircraft Lynx HAS.3 XZ694 assigned as Broadsword Flt / 347-BW. /346-BW by Aug 1993 until c Mar 1994. 1995-mar-31 Decommissioned 1995-jun-30 Fate: transfered to Marinha do Brasil as BNS Greenhalgh 1995-jun-30 Commissioned ex UK RN HMS Broadsword 2012 Port Visit NAS Key West tied up alongside HMS Dauntless at NS Key West2014-jan Deployment Operation Aspirantex 2014 engaged in Operation Aspirantex 2014 with Naval units from Argentina and Uruguay.2014-feb-1 Port Visit Porto de Paranagua Ship open to visitors at Paranaguá.2017-dec-9 Port Visit Porto de Santos Present for Navy Week at Porto de Santos, with auxiliary NT Almirante Gastão Motta .2021-aug Decommissioned Decommissioned.