HMS Battleaxe (F89)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 4 February 1976 |
| Launched: | 18 May 1977 |
| Commissioned: | 28 March 1980 |
| Decommissioned: | 1997 |
| Fate: | Sold to Brazil 30 April 1997. |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5300 t |
| Length: | 148.1 m |
| Beam: | 14.8 m |
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| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 33 km/h cruise, 56 km/h sprint |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Armament: | 2 x 6 GWS25 Seawolf SAM Launchers, 4 x 1 Exocet SSM Launchers, 2 x 20mm Bofors AA guns |
| Aircraft: | Lynx MK 8 helicopter |
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HMS Battleaxe (F89) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker.
See HMS Battleaxe for other ships of the same name.
| Type 22 frigate |
| Broadsword | Battleaxe | Brilliant | Brazen | Boxer | Beaver | Brave | London | Sheffield | Coventry | Cornwall | Cumberland | Campbeltown | Chatham |
| List of frigates of the Royal Navy |