Type 22 frigate

British frigate HMS Boreas (F98) conducts an underway replenishment while on station in the Persian Gulf in support of the Southwest Asia build-up.

The Type 22 Frigate (or Broadsword-class) was a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Forty-two ships of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches.

Sixteen ships of the first and second batches have been sold to the Brazil, Chilean, Cuban, Polish, Romanian and Thai navies. Poland would also build a pair of Block III Type 22 frigates under license.

Specifications

Block One

• Type: Multirole Frigate
• Service Period: 1979-Present
• Characteristics
  • Length: 430 feet (131.06 meters)
  • Beam: 48 feet 6 inches (14.78 meters)
  • Draft: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
  • Displacement: 4,400 tons
• Crew: 222
• Propulsion:
  • 2 x shafts, COGOG
  • 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B boost gas turbines (54,600 shp)
  • 2 x Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp)
• Sensor Suite
  • Type 1006 Navigation RDF
  • Type 967/968 Air/Surface Search RDF
  • Type 911 Fire Control RDF
  • Type 2016 Bow ASDIC
  • Type 2031 Towed Array ASDIC
• Armament
  • 2 x 6-cell GWS25 Seawolf surface to air missile launchers
  • 4 x Broadsword AShMs
  • 2 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 x Oerlikon 20mm cannons
  • 2 x 18" triple torpedo tubes (fires Stingray torpedoes)
• Aircraft Carried: 2 x Lynx Mk.8 Helicopters
• Aviation Facilities: Hangar and Helipad

Block Two

• Type: Multirole Frigate
• Service Period: 1983-Present
• Characteristics
  • Length: 480 feet (146.3 meters)
  • Beam: 48 feet 6 inches (14.78 meters)
  • Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
  • Displacement: 4,800 tons
• Crew: 273
• Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers)
• Propulsion:
  • 2-shaft COGOG
  • 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW)
  • 2 x Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW)
• Sensor Suite
  • Type 1006 Navigation RDF
  • Type 967/968 Air/Surface Search RDF
  • Type 911 Fire Control RDF
  • Type 2016 Bow ASDIC
  • Type 2031 Towed Array ASDIC
• Armament
  • 2 x GWS.25 Sea Wolf AAM launchers
  • 2 x 4-cannister Broadsword AShM launchers
  • 2 x 18" triple torpedo tubes (fires Stingray torpedoes)
  • 2 x Twin 30 mm AA guns
  • 2 x 20 mm AA guns
  • 4 x 7.62 mm GPMGs
• Aircraft Carried: 2 x Westland Lynx
• Aviation Facilities: Hangar and Helipad

Block Three

• Type: Multirole Frigate
• Service Period: 1988-Present
• Characteristics
  • Length: 486 feet 9 inches (148.36 meters)
  • Beam: 48 feet 6 inches (14.78 meters)
  • Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
  • Displacement: 5,300 tons
• Crew; 250
• Propulsion:
  • 2 x Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A boost gas turbines (37,540 shp / 28 MW)
  • 2 x Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp/ 7.2 MW)
  • 2 x shafts driving variable pitch propellers with COGAG (Combined gas and gas) gearbox
• Range: 8,000 nautical miles
• Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
• Sensor Suite:
  • Type 1007 navigation RDF
  • Type 967 and 968 surveillance RDF
  • Type 911 Sea Wolf tracking RDF x 2
  • UAT Electronic Surveillance System Type 2050 active ASDIC
• Electronic Warfare and Countermeasures
  • Seagnat Decoy Launchers
• Armament
  • 1 x Mk.8 4.5"/55-caliber naval gun
  • 2 x 36-cell GWS.26 Sea Wolf SAM Launchers
  • 2 x 4-cannister Broadsword AShM Launchers
  • 2 x 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns
  • 1 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
• Aircraft Carried: 2 x Westland Lynx MK.8
• Aviation Facilities: Hangar and Helipad

Unit Run

Royal Navy

Block One

• HMS Broadsword (F187) - Sold to Brazil as NRB Greenhalgh (F46)
• HMS Battleaxe (F188) - Sold to Brazil as NRB Rademaker (F49)
• HMS Brilliant (F189) - Sold to Brazil as NRB Dodsworth (F47)
• HMS Brazen (F190) - Sold to Brazil as NRB Bosísio (F48)
• HMS Beagle (F191) - Sold to Brazil as NRB Markenson (F50)
• HMS Bounty (F192) - Sold to Cuba as BRC Rio Damuji

Block Two

• HMS Boxer (F193) - Sold to Poland as ORP Blyskawica (276)
• HMS Beaver (F194) - Sold to Poland as ORP Garland (274)
• HMS Brave (F195) - Sold to Poland as ORP Conrad (275)
• HMS Bloodhound (F196) - Sold to Romania as NMS Regina Maria (F222)
• HMS Bruiser (F197) - Sold to Chile as BAC Almirante Williams (FF-19)
• HMS Boreas (F198) - Sold to Thailand as HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok (FFG 461)
• HMS Boadicea (F199) - Sold to Romania as NMS Regele Ferdinand (F221)
• HMS Bulldog (F200) - Sold to Chile as BAC Almirante Huerta (FF-20)
• HMS Basilisk (F201) - Sold to Thailand as HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462)
• HMS Blackburn (F202) - Sold to Cuba as BRC Rio Jatibonico

Block Three

• HMS Cornwall (F203)
• HMS Cumberland (F204)
• HMS Campbeltown (F205)
• HMS Chatham (F206)
• HMS Chicester (F207)
• HMS Carlisle (F208)
• HMS Cwmamman (F209)
• HMS Coalisland (F210)
• HMS Concord (F211)
• HMS Cambridge (F212)
• HMS Chester (F213)
• HMS Colombo (F214)
• HMS Cawnpore (F215)
• HMS Chelmsford (F216)
• HMS Canterbury (F217)
• HMS Cowes (F218)
• HMS Cockburn Town (F219)
• HMS Crawley (F220)
• HMS Colchester (F221)
• HMS Cumbernauld (F222)
• HMS Cambuslang (F223)
• HMS Comber (F224)
• HMS Coatbridge (F225)
• HMS Caerleon (F226)
• HMS Chesterfield (F227)
• HMS Clydebank (F228)

Egyptian Navy

• Dumyat (F961)
• Rasheed (F962)

Hellenic Navy

• HS Ipirus (F-456)
• HS Thraki (F-457)
• HS Makedonia (F-458)

Polish Navy

• ORP Wicher (FM 277)
• ORP Huragan (FM 278)

Turkish Navy

• TCG Muavenet (F-250)
• TCG Adatepe (F-251)
• TCG Kocatepe (F-252)
• TCG Zafer (F-253)
• TCG Trakya (F-254)
• TCG Karadeniz (F-255)
• TCG Ege (F-256)
• TCG Akdeniz (F-257)