HMS BATTLEAXE F89

HMS BATTLEAXE F89

Class……………………………Type 22 Batch 1 Frigate

Builder………………………..Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., Glasgow

Yard number……………….1017

Laid down..………………….4 February 1976

Launched….…………………18 May 1977

Completed.………………….28 March 1980

Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts : Drive Arrangement COGOG

•Two x Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 50,000 SHP for 30 knots full power

•Two x Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 9700shp for 18 knots cruising : Manufactured by Rolls Royce

Speed..…………………………30 knots (max)

Range…………………………..4500 nm at 18 knots

Fate

30 August 1996: Decommissioned from the RN

30 April 1997: Transferred to Brazil and renamed RADEMAKER (F49)

 

 

HMS BATTLEAXE seen at Devonport on 28 July 1981, berthed outboard of HMS BROADSWORD The type 21 moored immediately in front of them may be HMS AMBUSCADE which was noted as being in port that day.

 

Done