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![]() HMS Brazen
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Name | Brazen |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 18 August 1978 |
Launched | 4 March 1980 |
Commissioned | 2 July 1982 |
Decommissioned | 30 August 1996 |
Identification | Pennant number: F91 |
Honours and awards | "Kuwait 1991" |
Fate | Sold to Brazil 18 November 1994 |
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Name | Bosisio |
Namesake | Almirante Paulo Bosísio |
Acquired | 18 November 1994 |
Commissioned | 30 August 1996 |
Decommissioned | 29 September 2015 |
Homeport | Rio de Janeiro |
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Fate | Sunk as target, July 2017 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 22 frigate |
Displacement | 4,400 tons |
Length | 131.2 m (430 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) max |
Complement | 222 |
Armament |
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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.
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