HMS Brazen (F91)

	HMS Brazen (F91)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Brazen (F91)
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	18 August 1978
Launched	4 March 1980
Commissioned	2 July 1982
Decommissioned	30 August 1996
Honours and; awards	"Kuwait 1991"
Fate	Sold to Brazil 18 November 1994
Brazil
Name	Bosisio (F-48)
Namesake	Almirante Paulo Bosísio
Operator	Brazilian Navy
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Acquired	18 November 1994
Commissioned	30 August 1996
Decommissioned	29 September 2015.
Stricken	Sunk as target, July 2017
Homeport	Rio de Janeiro
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 surface-to-air missile launchers; 4 × 1 Exocet surface-to-surface missile launchers; 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;
Aircraft carried	2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar

HMS Brazen was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was completed three months ahead of schedule due to the Falklands War.

Royal Navy service

Brazen served on the Armilla Patrol which became a task force during the Gulf War. For this she received the battle honour "Kuwait 1991".^[1] During the war, her Lynx helicopter attacked fast patrol boats.^[2]

Following a patrol in the South Atlantic Brazen ran aground in the Patagonian Canal on 11 September 1994. The ship was refloated four days later and taken to Talcahuano for repairs, which lasted a month. She then returned to the UK under her own power for reinstatement of combat system equipment damaged in the incident.

Brazilian service

She was purchased from the United Kingdom by the Brazilian Navy on 18 November 1994, and renamed Bosísio. The ship was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 30 August 1996.^[3]

In June 2009, Bosísio participated in the recovery mission for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.

She was decommissioned from Brazilian navy service on 23 September 2015.^[4]

She was sunk as a target in July 2017 during the Brazilian Navy Operation 'MISSILEX 2017'.^[5]

References

^ "Written answers 1993 Gulf War". Hansard.
^ "The Royal Navy and the Gulf War". Archived from the original on 18 November 2006.
^ F Bosísio - F 48 Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Retrieved on 3 June 2009.
^ [1] Poder Naval OnLine. Retrieved on 27 September 2015.
^ [2] Poder Naval OnLine. Retrieved 1 de agosto de 2017.

Publications

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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[1] "Written answers 1993 Gulf War". Hansard.

[2] "The Royal Navy and the Gulf War". Archived from the original on 18 November 2006.

[3] F Bosísio - F 48 Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Retrieved on 3 June 2009.

[4] [1] Poder Naval OnLine. Retrieved on 27 September 2015.

[5] [2] Poder Naval OnLine. Retrieved 1 de agosto de 2017.

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v t e Type 22 frigates
Royal Navy	Broadsword Battleaxe Brilliant Brazen Boxer Beaver Brave London Sheffield Coventry Cornwall Cumberland Campbeltown Chatham
Brazilian Navy	Greenhalgh (ex-Broadsword) Dodsworth (ex-Brilliant) Bosísio (ex-Brazen) Rademaker (ex-Battleaxe)
Chilean Navy	Almirante Williams (ex-Sheffield)
Romanian Naval Forces	Regele Ferdinand (ex-Coventry) Regina Maria (ex-London)
Preceded by: Type 21 frigates Followed by: Type 23 frigates
List of frigates of the Royal Navy