Type 22 frigate
Appearance
The Type 22 frigate is a warship class of the Royal Navy also known as the Broadsword-class. Fourteen of the class have been built, however only four (Batch 3 ships) remain in service with the Royal Navy.
The Type 22 was designed at first to be anti-submarine warfare vessels as part of the Royal Navy's contribution to NATO. These ships since evolved into powerful anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine warships. There are currently three batches off the ship, four batch one, six batch two and four batch three.
The four Batch 1 units were sold to Brazil in the mid 1990s. Romania has acquired and modernized 2 of the Batch 2 units, while a third was purchased by Chile.
General Characteristics
(As built, unless stated.)
- Displacement (full load)
- 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 COGOG, 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp) & 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp)
- Batch 3 & Brave; 2-shaft COGAS, 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A boost gas turbines; (37,540 shp) & 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp)
- Speed; 30 knots full, 18 knots cruise
- Range; ?
- Complement
- Batch 1; 222 / Batch 2; 273 / Batch 3; 250
- Armament
- Batch 1 & 2
- 2 × sextuple launchers for Sea Wolf GWS-25 mod 0/3 anti-aircraft missiles
- 4 x launchers for MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles
- 2 x 40mm L/60 Mark 7 Bofors guns (Batch 1)
- 2 x twin 30mm L/75 BMARC GCM-A03 guns
- 2 x triple STWS-1 launchers for 324mm (12.75") Mk.44/46 or Stingray anti-submarine torpedoes
- Batch 3
- 2 x sextuple launchers for Sea Wolf GWS-25 mod 3 anti-aircraft missiles
- 8 x launchers for Harpoon anti-ship missiles
- 1 x 114mm (4.5") L/45 Mark 8 gun
- 1 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- 2 x 30mm L/75 DES DS-30B guns
- 2 x triple STWS-2 launchers for 324mm (12.75") torpedos
- Batch 1 & 2
- Aircraft;
- 2 x Westland Lynx HAS / HMA or;
- 1 x Westland Sea King HAS / EH-101 Merlin HM (Brave onwards)
- Electronics;
- Batch 1 & 2
- Marconi radar Type 967/968 search (967M in Brave)
- 2 x Marconi radar Type 910 GWS-25 fire control (911 from Brave onwards)
- Kelvin Hughes radar Type 1006 navigation
- Plessey sonar Type 2016 search, later;
- Ferranti / Thompson-Sintrra Type 2050 search
- Dowty sonar Type 2031 towed array (Batch 2)
- Batch 3
- Marconi radar Type 967/968 search
- 2 x Marconi radar Type 911 GWS-25 fire control
- Kelvin Hughes radar Type 1007 navigation
- Ferranti / Thompson-Sintrra Type 2050 search
- Dowty sonar Type 2031 towed array (not all)
- Batch 1 & 2
- Electronic Warfare
- 2 x 8-tube Knebworth Corvus launchers (Batch 1, originally)
- 2 x 12-tube Wallop Barricade launchers (Batch 1 & 2)
- 2 x 6-tube Loral-Hycor SRBOC launchers (Batch 1 & 2)
- 4 x 6-tube Marconi Sea Gnat DLB launchers (Batch 3)
- UAA-1 interception ESM (later, UAA-2)
- AN/SSQ-108 OUTBOARD interception / direction finding ESM
- Type 670 electronic jammer (later, Type 675[2])
- 2 x Graseby Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Ships
Name | Pennant | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Home port | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batch 1 | ||||||
HMS Broadsword | F88 | YSL, Glasgow | May 12, 1976 | May 3, 1979 | Sold to Brazilian Navy | |
HMS Battleaxe | F89 | YSL | May 18, 1977 | March 28, 1980 | Sold to Brazilian Navy | |
HMS Brilliant | F90 | YSL | December 15, 1978 | May 15, 1981 | Sold to Brazilian Navy | |
HMS Brazen | F91 | YSL | March 4, 1980 | July 2, 1982 | Sold to Brazilian Navy | |
Batch 2 | ||||||
HMS Boxer | F92 | YSL | June 17, 1981 | January 14, 1984 | Sunk as Target | |
HMS Beaver | F93 | YSL | May 8, 1982 | December 18, 1984 | Sold for Scrap | |
HMS Brave | F94 | YSL | November 19, 1983 | July 4, 1986 | Sunk as Target | |
HMS London | F95 | YSL | October 27, 1984 | June 5, 1987 | Sold to Romanian Navy | |
HMS Sheffield | F96 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | March 26, 1986 | July 26, 1988 | Sold to Chilean Navy | |
HMS Coventry | F98 | Swan Hunter | April 8, 1986 | October 14, 1988 | Sold to Romanian Navy | |
Batch 3 | ||||||
HMS Cornwall | F99 | YSL | October 14, 1985 | April 23, 1988 | Devonport | Active |
HMS Cumberland | F85 | YSL | June 21, 1986 | June 10, 1989 | Devonport | Active |
HMS Campbeltown | F86 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | October 7, 1987 | May 27, 1989 | Devonport | Active |
HMS Chatham | F87 | Swan Hunter | January 20, 1988 | May 4, 1990 | Devonport | Active |
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