HMS Broadsword
HMS Broadsword may refer to the following ships of the Royal Navy:
Ships
[edit]- HMS Broadsword (D31), was a Weapon-class destroyer launched in 1946 and broken up in 1968.
- HMS Broadsword (F88), was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1975. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1995 and renamed Greenhalgh.
Battle honours
[edit]Ships named Broadsword have been awarded the following battle honours:
- Falkland Islands, 1982
In fiction
[edit]- HMS Broadsword, a fictional Royal Navy destroyer in Jeffrey Archer's novel First Among Equals.
See also
[edit]- Broadsword-class frigate, another name for the Type 22 frigate.
- SS Empire Broadsword, a 1943 Empire ship.
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