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Armed Forces - Royal Navy - n3a6 - Royal Naval Vessels - Broadsword Class Frigates (Type 22)

ROYAL NAVAL VESSELS

BROADSWORD CLASS FRIGATES (TYPE 22)


HMS Cornwall in the Persian Gulf

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
Length 148m/485.9ft
Beam 14.8m/48.5ft
Draught 6.0m
Speed 30 knots+ on Olympus turbines or
  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)
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


NAME

DATE COMMISSIONED
HMS Cornwall (F99) 1988 Batch 3 (Planned out of service date 2019)
HMS Cumberland (F85) 1988 Batch 3 (Planned out of service date 2021)
HMS Campbeltown (F86) 1989 Batch 3 (Planned out of service date 2020)
HMS Chatham (F87) 1989 Batch 3 (Planned out of service date 2022)

Photo US Navy