 | | Type 22 Broadsword | | Type: | Anti-Submarine Frigate | | In Service: | 1979 | | Complement: | Batch 1: 222 Batch 2: 273 Batch 3: 250 | | Displacement: | Batch 1: 4,400 tons Batch 2: 4,800 tons Batch 3: 4,900 tons | | Length: | Batch 1: 131.2 m (430 feet) Batch 2: 146.5 m (480 feet) Batch 3: 148.1 m (486 feet) | | Beam: | 14.8 m (48 feet) | | Draught: | Batch 1: 6.1 m (20 feet) Batch 2 & 3: 6.4 m (21 feet) | | Machinery: | Batch 1 & 2: 2-shaft Combined gas or gas (COGOG) 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW) Batch 3 & Brave: 2-shaft Combined gas and gas (COGAG) 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A boost gas turbines (37,540 shp / 28 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp/ 7.2 MW) Download high resolution version (1036x803, 100 KB)Five Type 22 frigates of the British Royal Navy. ...
Principle of a COGOG propulsion system Combined gas or gas (COGOG) is a propulsion system for ships using gas turbine engines. ...
Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 The Olympus is a high-powered axial-flow turbojet, originally developed at Bristol Aero Engines, later passed to Bristol Siddeley, and finally to Rolls-Royce. ...
The Rolls-Royce Tyne was a 2 shaft turboprop developed in the late 1950s, primarily for the Vickers Vanguard airliner, but also later for the Dassault-Breguet Atlantique long-range reconnaissance aircraft, Canadair CL-44 and Transport Allianz Transall transport aircraft. ...
Principle of a COGAG propulsion system Combined gas turbine and gas turbine (COGAG) is a type of propulsion system for ships using two gas turbines connected to a single propeller shaft. ...
The Spey is a low-bypass turbofan engine from Rolls-Royce that has been in widespread service for over 30 years. ...
| | Speed: | Full: 30 knots (56 km/h) Cruise:18 knots (56 km/h) | | Aircraft: | 2 x Westland Lynx HAS / HMA 1 x Westland Sea King HAS / EH-101 Merlin HM (Brave onwards) | The Type 22 Broadsword class frigates are a class of warships built for the Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class have been built, however only four, all Batch 3 ships, remain in service with the Royal Navy. The Westland Lynx is a helicopter designed by Westland and built at Westlands factory in Yeovil, first flying on 21 March 1971 as the Westland WG.13. ...
The Westland Sea King is a license-built version of the Sikorsky helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. ...
The AgustaWestland EH101 is a medium-lift helicopter for military applications but also marketed for civil use. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
The Type 22 was designed to be a specialist anti-submarine warfare vessel as part of the Royal Navy's contribution to NATO. Since then they have evolved into a general purpose frigate with weapons for use against other surface ships, aircraft and submarines. They were built in three batches giving rise to three sub-classes, the first Broadsword of four ships, the second Boxer of six ships and the third and final, Cornwall of four ships. Anti-submarine warfare (ASW or in older forms A/S) is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines. ...
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The four Broadswords (which included two Falklands War veterans) were sold to Brazil in the mid 1990s. Romania has acquired and modernized two of the Batch 2 ships, while a third was purchased by Chile. Combatants United Kingdom Argentina Commanders Sir John Fieldhouse Sir John Woodward Margaret Thatcher Leopoldo Galtieri Mario Menéndez Ernesto Crespo Casualties 258 killed[1] 777 wounded 59 taken prisoner 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner The Falklands War (Spanish: ) was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the...
The ships have enhanced command, control and co-ordination facilities that results in their often being used as deployment flagships[1].
Ships HMS Broadsword (F88) was the lead ship and first Batch 1 unit of the Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...
HMS Battleaxe (F89) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
HMS Brilliant (F90) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
HMS Brazen (F91) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
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HMS Boxer (F92) was the first of the Batch 2 Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
HMS Beaver (F93) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
HMS Brave (F94) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
HMS London (F95) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy, originally named Bloodhound but renamed London at the request of the Mayor of London. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
> HMS Sheffield (F96) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
HMS Coventry (F98) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The sixth and present HMS Cornwall is the first of the Batch 3 Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Devonport in 1909, courtesy WW1 Archive Devonport Dockyard and the Hamoaze from the Rame Peninsula, Cornwall Her Majestys Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport (HMS Drake), is one of three operating naval bases in the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Cumberland (F85) is a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Devonport in 1909, courtesy WW1 Archive Devonport Dockyard and the Hamoaze from the Rame Peninsula, Cornwall Her Majestys Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport (HMS Drake), is one of three operating naval bases in the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Campbeltown (F86) is a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British ship-building during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Devonport in 1909, courtesy WW1 Archive Devonport Dockyard and the Hamoaze from the Rame Peninsula, Cornwall Her Majestys Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport (HMS Drake), is one of three operating naval bases in the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Chatham (F87) is a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. ...
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Devonport in 1909, courtesy WW1 Archive Devonport Dockyard and the Hamoaze from the Rame Peninsula, Cornwall Her Majestys Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport (HMS Drake), is one of three operating naval bases in the Royal Navy. ...
References - ^ Frigate with formidable firepower, BBC News
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