HMS Battleaxe (F89)
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 HMS Battleaxe |
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Battleaxe |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 4 February 1976 |
| Launched: | 18 May 1977 |
| Commissioned: | 28 March 1980 |
| Decommissioned: | 1997 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F89 |
| Fate: | Sold to Brazil 30 April 1997 |
| Career (Brazil) |  |
| Name: | Rademaker |
| Operator: | Brazilian Navy |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F49 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,400 tons |
| Length: | 131.2 m (430 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.8 m (48 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, COGOG 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B boost gas turbines (54,600 shp) 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) top speed |
| Complement: | 222 |
| Armament: | 2 ×2x torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes 2 × 6 GWS25 Seawolf SAM launchers 4 × 1 Exocet SSM launchers 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Battleaxe.
HMS Battleaxe was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker.
HMS Battleaxe was featured in Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising.
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