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The remaining four ships
of this class have a useful armament and sensor fit and, by the
standards of some Navies, at 20 years are still quite youthful.
The above water
armament reflects the lessons of the Falklands conflict - plenty of guns
and missiles.
The
earlier ships have either been sold to Brazil (the Batch 1 frigates) or
scrapped.
Originally designed as
specialist anti-submarine platform, the Type 22 Frigates have evolved
into a powerful surface combatant with substantial anti surface, anti
submarine and anti aircraft weapons systems. They also possesses
excellent command & control and communication facilities, making them
ideal Flagships. On patrol they have an efficient cruising speed of 18
knots, but have a sprint capability of over 30 knots.
| TYPE
22 BROADSWORD CLASS FRIGATE Specifications
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| Length |
148m/485.9ft |
| Beam |
14.8m/48.5ft |
| Draught |
6.0m |
| Speed |
30
knots+ on Olympus turbines or |
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18 knots on Tyne
turbines |
| Range |
4,500 nm at 18
knots |
| Displacement |
5,300
tons full
load |
| Engines |
COGOG
Type system with 2 x Rolls Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines delivering 18,770 shp
and 2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines delivering 8,500 shp to two shafts |
| Armament |
Surface-to-Surface
Missiles (SSM) 8 x Harpoon (130 km range)
Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM) Sea Wolf (6 km range)
1 x 4.5 in Gun (25 rounds/min 22 km range)
1 x Goalkeeper 30 mm Close-in Weapon System
2 x 20 mm twin guns (10 km range) |
| Complement |
260 (31
officers) |
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Aircraft Carried |
2
x Lynx
MK 8 helicopters or
1 x Westland Sea King HAS 5 (Missile and Torpedo armed) |
| Sensors |
Modern
above and under water sensors and decoys |
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