Type 22 Broadsword frigate
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| Country Of Origin: | UK | |||
| Designation: | Frigate | |||
| Class: | BROADSWORD TYPE 22 BATCH 1 |
BOXER TYPE 22 BATCH 2 |
CORNWALL TYPE 22 BATCH 3 |
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DIMENSIONS |
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| Displacement: (Tons) (Fully Loaded) | 4,400 | 4,800 | 4,900-5,300 | |
| Length: | 131.2 m (430 feet) | 148.1 m (486 feet) | 146.5 m (480 feet) | |
| Beam: | 14.8 meters (48 feet) | |||
| Draft: () | 6.0-6.1 meters (20 feet) | 6.4 (screws) (21 feet) | ||
| Speed: (Knots) | 30 knots (56 km/h (full)) 18 knots (33 km/h (cruise)) |
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| Range: | 4500 Miles at 18 kts | |||
| Complement | 222 | 273 | 237-250 | |
| Machinery |
2-shaft COGOG 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW) | 2-shaft COGAG 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A boost gas turbines (37,540 shp / 28 MW) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp/ 7.2 MW) | ||
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DETECTION SYSTEMS |
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| Radar System: | ||||
| Air & Surface: | Marconi Type 967 / 968 (Type 967 in F 94) |
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| Navigation: | Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 or Type 1007 |
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| Fire Control: | 2 Marconi Type 911 or Type 910 |
2 Marconi Type 911 | ||
| Sonar Systems: | Plessey Type 2016 or Ferranti/Thomson Sintra |
Plessey Type 2016 (Hull Mounted) | ||
| Type 2050 (Hull Mounted) | ||||
| Dowty Type 203 1Z (Towed Array) | Dowty Type 2031 (Towed Array) | |||
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ARMAMENT |
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| Missiles: | SSM - 4 Aerospatiale MM 38 Exocet | SSM - 8 McDonnell Douglas Harpoon Block 1C (2 quad) launchers | ||
| SAM - 2 British Aerospace 6-barrelled Seawolf | ||||
| GWS 25 Mod 0 or Mod 4 | ||||
| 2 British Aerospace Seawolf GWS 25 Mod 3 | SAM - 2 British Aerospace Seawolf GWS 25 Mod 3 | |||
| Guns: | 2 Oerlikon / BMARC 20 mm GAM-B01 | |||
| 4 Oerlikon / BMARC GCM-A03 30 mm /75 (2 twin) | 2 DES / Oerlikon 30 mm /75 | |||
| 1 Signaal / General Electric 30 mm 7-barrelled Goalkeeper | ||||
| 1 Vickers 4.5 in (114 mm) /55 Mk 8 | ||||
| Torpedoes: | 6 - 324 mm Plessey STWS Mk 2 (2 triple) tubes | |||
| Marconi Stingray | ||||
| Decoys: | 2 Plessey Shield launchers | 4 Marconi Sea Gnat 6-barrelled launchers | ||
| Graseby Type 182; towed torpedo decoy | ||||
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AIRCRAFT |
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| Helicopters: | 2 Westland Lynx Or | 1 Westland Lynx Or | ||
| 1 EH 101 Or | 1 EH 101 Merlin | |||
| 1 Westland Sea King | ||||
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