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Encyclopedia > HMS Battleaxe (F89)
Career RN Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down: 4 February 1976
Launched: 18 May 1977
Commissioned: 28 March 1980
Decommissioned: 1997
Fate: Sold to Brazil 30 April 1997.
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 5300 t
Length: 148.1 m
Beam: 14.8 m
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed: 33 km/h cruise, 56 km/h sprint
Range:
Complement: 250
Armament: 114 mm MK 8 gun
Aircraft: Lynx MK 8 helicopter
Motto:


HMS Battleaxe (F89) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker.


See HMS Battleaxe for other ships of the same name.



Type 22 frigate
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HMS Battleaxe (F89) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (101 words)
HMS Battleaxe (F89) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy.
She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker.
See HMS Battleaxe for other ships of the same name.
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