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  HMS Broadsword (F88)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
\n-\nAircraft:\nLynx MK 8 helicopter\n-\nMotto:\n\n} HMS Broadsword (F88) was the lead ship and first Batch 1 unit of the Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy.
She took part in the Falklands War and was accompanying HMS Coventry (D118) on May 25, 1982 when that ship was sunk.
See HMS Broadsword for other ships of the same name.
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/h/hm/hms_broadsword__f88_.html   (183 words)

  
 Journal Comments
HMS Broadsword was instrumental in the coordination of the rescue operation after the Fastnet Yacht Race disaster in 1980.
The Broadsword was lucky, having a bomb go through the flight deck which did not explode, the Coventry was not so lucky needing Broadsword to rescue 170 of her crew.
HMS Broadsword was sold to brazil in 1995 who named her F46 Greenhalgh.
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 HMS Broadsword (F88) Encyclopedia Article @ ChannelsAndNetworks.com (Channels and Networks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Broadsword Association • Portals • Falklands War • Brilliant • 30 June •; HMS Broadsword • Glossaries • Regele Ferdinand • Chilean Navy
HMS Broadsword (F88) was the lead ship and first Batch 1 unit of the 1995 of the 1976.
She took part in the Royal Navy and was accompanying 7 February on Campbeltown Coventry when that ship was sunk.
www.channelsandnetworks.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Broadsword_(F88)   (286 words)

  
 HMS Broadsword (F88)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
HMS Broadsword (F88) was the lead ship and first 1 unit of the Type 22 frigates the Royal Navy.
Broadsword s Lynx helicopter was destroyed by one She rescued 170 of Coventry s crew.
She was decommissioned on 31 March 1995 and was sold to the Brazilian on 30 June 1995 and renamed Greenhalgh.
www.freeglossary.com /HMS_Broadsword_(F88)   (338 words)

  
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} '''HMS ''Broadsword'' (F88)''' was the lead ship and first Batch 1 unit of the Type 22 frigates of the Royal Navy.
She took part in the Falklands War and was accompanying HMS Coventry (D118) ''Coventry'' on May 25, 1982 when that ship was sunk.
See HMS Broadsword HMS ''Broadsword'' for other ships of the same name.
www.mauspfeil.net /HMS_Broadsword_(F88).html   (270 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - British Naval Forces in the Falklands War
HMS Illustrious (R06)- arrived in July 1982 to provide air cover for islands
HMS Glasgow (D88)- damaged by bomb from a Skyhawk
HMS Avenger (F185)- damaged by Skyhawks and Mirages
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/British_Naval_Forces_in_the_Falklands_War   (250 words)

  
 Type_22_frigate :Bharathnet search results for Type_22_frigate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Type 22 Broadsword class frigates are a class of warships built for the Royal Navy.
They were built in three batches giving rise to three sub-classes, the first Broadsword of four ships, the second Boxer of six ships and the third and final, Cornwall of four ships.
The four Broadswords (which included two Falklands War veterans) were sold to Brazil in the mid 1990s.
www.bharathnet.com /look/index.php?title=Type_22_frigate   (248 words)

  
 NVO - Type 22 Broadsword
Standardni deplasman fregata klase Broadsword je 3500 tona, a puni 4400 tona.
Klasa Broadsword prvenstveno je namenjena za borbu protiv podmornica, pa je i naoružanje prilagođeno tim zadacima.
Prvobitno je klasa Broadsword bila opremljena i sa dva osmocevna lansera IC i radarskih mamaca Vickers Vovurs, a kasnije su instalirani dvanaestocevni lanseri Plessey Shield.
naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu /broadsword.html   (908 words)

  
 Фолкленды. - Forums Sudden-Strike.ru
HMS Broadsword F88 ФР УРО Type 22.1/Broadsword 1978 3860 D
Ранее в советской печати сообщалось, что лодка была потоплена двумя вертолетами "Линкс", применившими УР AS-12, однако на самом деле славу этой победы летчики 815-й АЭ разделили с экипажем легкого вертолета Wasp с фрегата "Плимут" (HMS Plymouth), который первым атаковал лодку малогабаритными глубинными бомбами.
Simon Tornewill) в период с 1 по 19 мая, действуя с флагмана оперативной группы авианосца "Гермес" (HMS Hermes), выполнила на своих "Си Кингах" 26 ночных боевых вылетов.
forum.sudden-strike.ru /showthread.php?t=2480   (3634 words)

  
 Untitled Document
HMS London was the NATO flagship during the Gulf in 1991.
HMS Sheffield will continue to serve until about 2012, when replaced by the new class of escorts, the Future Surface Combatant.
HMS Coventry is expected to decommission at the end of the year, after her last deployment.
www.royalnavy.20m.com /broadsword.htm   (743 words)

  
 Paxman History Pages - Paxman and the Royal Navy
The only one of her type built, HMS Bristol was commissioned in 1973 and withdrawn from service in 1991.
HMS Invincible was 'mothballed' in 2005, pending the construction of two new carriers for the Navy.
As at January 2006, HMS Grafton is shortly to be decommissioned, having been sold to Chile.
www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk /paxman/paxmanRN.htm   (2609 words)

  
 Frigates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Acquired 1948, Sunk 1st November 1956 by HMS Newfoundland, with 69 survivors.
HMS Loch Ruthven, at the breakers, April 1969.
HMS Owen (built at Chatham and completed as a Survey vessel) seen here leaving the harbour in Malta in 1955 on its way to the Gulf.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /frigates.htm   (1205 words)

  
 NGB - Fragata HMS Broadsword - F 88   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A Fragata HMS Broadsword - F 88, foi o segundo navio a ostentar esse nome na Royal Navy.
A Broadsword pertencia ao 2º Esquadrão de Fragatas que teve sua sede na Base Naval de Devonport até maio de 1995 quando foi transferido para a Base Naval de Portsmouth.
Em 10 de maio, voltou a bombardear o Aeroporto de Port Stanley, junto com a HMS Coventry em substituição ao HMS Glasgow que iniciou p bombardeio as 0400h desse mesmo dia.
www.naviosdeguerrabrasileiros.hpg.ig.com.br /G/G048/G048-F88.htm   (749 words)

  
 British naval forces in the Falklands War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Glasgow (D88) - damaged by unexploded bomb from a Douglas A-4B Skyhawk, withdrawn from war
HMS Broadsword (F88) - slightly damaged by IAI Dagger cannon fire, later damaged by bomb from Douglas A-4B Skyhawk
HMS Antelope (F170) - sunk by unexploded bombs from Douglas A-4B Skyhawks (Bomb exploded during defusing) (†2)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falklands_War_Naval_Forces   (530 words)

  
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HMS Broadsword (F88) was the first of four of the Batch I Type 22 Anti- submarine Frigates.
She was laid down at Yarrow shipbuilders in Glasgow in Feb 75, launched in May 76 and commisioned in May 79.
Broadsword, along with her sister ships Brilliant, Brazen and Battleaxe were all sold to the Brazillian Navy from 1995 onwards
members.lycos.co.uk /andygailes/broadsword.htm   (176 words)

  
 Navy News - News Desk - News - Villain turns to hero in Navy drama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Alex is not the only one changing roles, for the real HMS Grafton has been transformed into the televisual HMS Suffolk to act as the centrepiece for the filming.
Alongside the photos hangs a child’s painting with the crayoned warship marked with the designated pennant number of F88, in real life once carried by HMS Broadsword.
After a long deployment that lasted until the closing months of last year, HMS Grafton is providing the filming platform during her harmony period alongside her home port.
www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2003/0304/0003041701.asp   (471 words)

  
 Jet Thunder - News
Creation of contend is progressing at 'full steam ahead' with the complete model of the HMS Hermes, while the argentinean ARA 25 de Mayo carrier in the queue being in the uv-mapping stage, to be painted soon.
HMS Invincible is also being build, but we're suffering from certain difficulties finding references about this carrier in her 1982 form, we're working with limited references, so, if you wish to help with anything relative to HMS Invincible in her Falklands 1982 state, email us here!
Also HMS Hermes is being re-created as it was in 1982, so our Harriers will have where to land soon.
www.thunder-works.com /news.htm   (1658 words)

  
 British Warships Volume 2, Post 1950: It's Your History
HMS Ambuscade (F172), HMS Andromeda (F57), HMS Gloucester (D96)
HMS Brave, Type 22 Frigate (F94), departing for theGulf January 1991
HMS London, Type 22 Frigate (F95), departing for the Gulf September 1990
www.its-your-history.com /British_Warships_Volume_2__Pos.130.0.html   (700 words)

  
 Harpoon
Patrolling north of the Faroes, off Norooyar (Fugloy) Island, a British Fleet is on the alert for a Soviet submarine, believed to be in the area.
The British fleet consists of: F40 HMS Sirius (Leander Class), F58 HMS Hermione (Seawolf Leander Class), F88 HMS Broadsword, F92 HMS Boxer (both Type 22 Broadsword Class), F169 HMS Amazon, F173 HMS Arrow, (both Amazon Class).
A British torpedo dropped form a Lynx helo cripples the Victor III forcing it to the surface.
homepages.paradise.net.nz /litesmth/wargamingconz/harpoon.html   (1915 words)

  
 Broadsword
HMS Beaver er allerede blevet solgt til ophugning mens HMS Brave, HMS Boxer og HMS London er lagt op.
HMS Coventry er fortsat i tjeneste men udfases senere i år.
JDW 43/02: Den sidste fregat af Type 22 Batch 2, HMS Sheffield, skal udfases 11/02.
www.futura-dtp.dk /FLEET/Skibe/Broadsword.html   (169 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - hms, h.m.s., h.m.s, royal navy items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Naval art print Royal Navy Aircraft carrier HMS Hermes.
Naval art print RN Sub Depot Ship HMS Medway.
HMS HARDY H CLASS DESTROYER NAVAL SHIP PHOTO
search.ebay.co.uk /hms_W0QQfrtsZ1100QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1   (321 words)

  
 sci.military.naval FAQ, Part F - Surface Combatants
Two first attacked Broadsword whose FCR broke lock, and was hit by a bomb skipping over the water in the stern and through the flight deck and a Lynx, but did not explode.
2nd pair attacked Coventry who crossed in front of Broadsword again causing the FCR to break lock, and was struck by three bombs all which exploded; she capsized and sank.
One common story is that HMS Sheffield, a destroyer sunk during the 1982 Falkland War, was lost because her alleged aluminum superstructure made her more vulnerable to damage.
www.hazegray.org /faq/smn6.htm   (7956 words)

  
 Guestbook 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Posted on: Saturday, January 03, 2004, 01:20 AM HMS Broadsword and the Royal Navy in general have proved to be such an inspiration to my father and myself that we name our company, Broadsword Services, Ltd. in honour of her.
I was on the Penelope and remember F88 taking over from us for a Falklands patrol in May 1983.
I was also on Battleaxe when Broadsword returned to Plymouth with the flightdeck bomb damage still visible - nerve-wracking as we were about to deploy to the South Atlantic ourselves.
www.btinternet.com /~broadsword82/guestbook/guestbook_2004.html   (1429 words)

  
 HMS Broadsword Association - Shipmates
If you were on Broadsword during 1944 - 1968 or 1975 - 1995 then just click this link to add yourself to this list.
Add to list If you want to edit your details click Add to list and re-input your details.
If you wish to contact someone on the list then just click their name.
www.hmsbroadsword.co.uk /shipmates/shipmates.htm   (56 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - hms, h.m.s., h.m.s, royal navy items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Royal Navy aircraft carrier art print HMS Ark Royal.
Royal navy art postcard HMS Repulse HMS Prince of Wales
Naval art postcard Royal Navy destroyer HMS Glasgow D88
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 Jet Thunder - Notícias
O HMS Invincible também está na reta final para sua finalização.
A fragata Type 22 (F88 HMS Broadsword) já tem sua skin feita pelo Marcfighter, enquanto Ariel Cancio trabalha duro no porta-aviões ARA 25 de Mayo (ex-Karel Doorman).
Vale lembrar que a Marinha Brasileira possui fragatas deste tipo, sendo que a nossa atual Greenhalgh F 46 participou da guerra das Malvinas pela marinha inglêsa (era então chamada HMS Broadsword F 88, e foi danificada por bombas de A-4 Skyhawks argentinos em 25 de Maio de 1982).
www.thunder-works.com /port/noticias.htm   (1428 words)

  
 Jet Thunder - Noticias
El HMS Invincible también está en la recta final para su finalización.
La fragata Type 22 (F88 HMS Broadsword) ya tiene su skin hecha por Marcfighter, mientras Ariel Cancio trabaja duro en el porta-aviones ARA 25 de Mayo (ex-Karel Doorman).
Vale acordar que la Marina Brasileña posee fragatas de este tipo, siendo que nuestra actual Greenhalgh F 46 participó de la guerra de Malvinas por la marina inglêsa (era entonces llamada HMS Broadsword F 88, y fue dañada por bombas de A-4 Skyhawks argentinos el 25 de Mayo de 1982).
www.thunder-works.com /spanish/noticias.htm   (1592 words)

  
 SOUTH ATLANTIC WAR - 1982
2 fragatas (FF) clase Type 22 Batch 1 (F90 HMS Brilliant, F88 HMS Broadsword) con 1 helicóptero antisubmarino Lynx HAS.2 cada uno
2 fragatas (FF) clase Rothesay (F101 HMS Yarmouth, F126 HMS Plymouth) con 1 helicóptero antisubmarino Wasp HAS.1 cada uno
1 patrullera de altura (PS) clase Endurance (A171 HMS Endurance) con 2 helicópteros antisubmarinos Wasp HAS.1 y un equipo de contraespionaje.
cartal.iespana.es /harpoon/1-1530.htm   (510 words)

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