HMS Brazen (F91)

HMS Brazen was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was completed three months ahead of schedule due to the Falklands War.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Brazen.

HMS Brazen
History
United Kingdom
NameBrazen
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down18 August 1978
Launched4 March 1980
Commissioned2 July 1982
Decommissioned30 August 1996
IdentificationPennant number: F91
Honours and
awards		"Kuwait 1991"
FateSold to Brazil 18 November 1994
Brazil
NameBosisio
NamesakeAlmirante Paulo Bosísio
Acquired18 November 1994
Commissioned30 August 1996
Decommissioned29 September 2015
HomeportRio de Janeiro
Identification
  • Pennant number: F-48
  • MMSI number: 709360424
  • Callsign: PWBO
FateSunk as target, July 2017
General characteristics
Class and typeType 22 frigate
Displacement4,400 tons
Length131.2 m (430 ft 5 in)
Beam14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draught6.1 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)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) max
Complement222
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 carried2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar
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