History of Type 22 (Batch 1) Broadsword class HMS Brazen F91
1977-oct
Ordered
Ordered
1978-aug-18
Laid down
Laid down
1980-mar-04
Launched
Launched
1982-jul-02
Commissioned
Commissioned
1982-oct-06
Aircraft
AircraftSouth Atlantic Lynx HAS.2 XZ690 noted ranged on flight deck, as ship departed Devonport to relieve HMS Battleaxe during mid Oct in South Atlantic. Returned on 6 Jan 1983.
1983-nov-18
Deployment
Deploymentoff LebanonOperation Offcut ordered to stand off Beirut as advanced units for support of British forces and civilians in Lebanon.
Port VisitGrand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visited Valletta for c. a week. First British warship to visit officially, since the Dom Mintoff expelled the UK Armed Forces in 1979.
1990-sep
Deployment
DeploymentPersian GulfTask Group 321.1Armilla Patrol Deployed to reinforce Armilla Patrol after Kuwaiti annexation by Iraq. Joined by HMS Cardiff and HMS Gloucester as part of TG 321.1, relieving HMS Battleaxe, HMS Jupiter and HMS York.
1991-jan-29
Deployment
DeploymentOperation Desert Shield/Storm Ships Flt Lynx (ZD256/330-BZ and XZ724/331-BZ), together with those from HMS Gloucester, HMS Cardiff and HMS Manchester, engaged Iraqi Fast Attack Craft with Sea Skua missiles.
DeploymentTalcahuano ran aground in Patagonian Canal and later patched up in Talcahuano, Chile. This incident was likely key to the later decision to sell her to Brazil.
off Lebanon Operation Offcut ordered to stand off Beirut as advanced units for support of British forces and civilians in Lebanon.
Tower Bridge Upper early Feb visit, alongside HMS Belfast.
Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visited Valletta for c. a week. First British warship to visit officially, since the Dom Mintoff expelled the UK Armed Forces in 1979.
Bermuda Dockyard Visited Bermuda 4 - 7 Feb 1992
Talcahuano ran aground in Patagonian Canal and later patched up in Talcahuano, Chile. This incident was likely key to the later decision to sell her to Brazil.
Aircraft