HMS Brazen (F91)

	HMS Brazen
History
United Kingdom
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
Brazil
Name	Bosisio
Namesake	Almirante Paulo Bosísio
Acquired	18 November 1994
Commissioned	30 August 1996
Decommissioned	29 September 2015
Homeport	Rio de Janeiro
Identification	Pennant number: F-48; MMSI number: 709360424; Callsign: PWBO;
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	2 shafts, COGOG; 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B boost gas turbines, 54,600 shp (40,700 kW); 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines, 9,700 shp (7,200 kW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) max
Complement	222
Armament	2 × 2 × 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.

History
HMS Brazen
United Kingdom
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
Brazil
Name	Bosisio
Namesake	Almirante Paulo Bosísio
Acquired	18 November 1994
Commissioned	30 August 1996
Decommissioned	29 September 2015
Homeport	Rio de Janeiro
Identification	Pennant number: F-48 MMSI number: 709360424 Callsign: PWBO
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	2 shafts, COGOG 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B boost gas turbines, 54,600 shp (40,700 kW) 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines, 9,700 shp (7,200 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) max
Complement	222
Armament	2 × 2 × 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