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Bosísio 2005

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Greenhalgh (ex-Broadsword)	F46		Yarrow SB, Scotstoun, UK	7.2.1975	12.5.1976	4.5.1979 // 30.6.1995	in service (2019)
Dodsworth (ex-Brilliant)	F47		Yarrow SB, Scotstoun, UK	25.3.1977	15.12.1978	15.5.1981 // 30.8.1996	stricken 3.2004
Bosísio (ex-Brazen)	F48		Yarrow SB, Scotstoun, UK	18.8.1978	4.3.1980	2.7.1982 // 30.8.1996	stricken 9.2015
Rademaker (ex-Battleaxe)	F49		Yarrow SB, Scotstoun, UK	4.2.1976	18.5.1977	28.3.1980 // 30.4.1997	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3900
Displacement full, t	4730
Length, m	125.0 wl 131.2 oa
Breadth, m	14.8
Draught, m	4.30 hull 6.00 sonar dome
No of shafts	2
Machinery	COGOG: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines / 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines
Power, h. p.	54600 / 8200
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(18)
Armament	2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 2 x 6 Sea Wolf GWS25 Mod.4 SAM (60 Sea Wolf GWS25), 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 3 - 324 STWS.2, 2 helicopters (AH-11 Lynx)
Electronic equipment	F46, 47: type 967, type 968, 2x type 910, type 1006 radars, type 2050 sonar, UAA-2, 2x type 670 ECM suites, 4x DLB decoy RL, 2x DEC laser-dazzlers, type 182 torpedo decoy, CAAIS CCS F48:  type 967, type 968, 2x type 910, type 1006 radars, type 2016 sonar, UAA-2, 2x type 670 ECM suites, 4x DLB decoy RL, 2x DEC laser-dazzlers, type 182 torpedo decoy, CAAIS CCS F49:  type 967, type 968, 2x type 910, type 1006 radars, type 2016 sonar, UAA-2, 2x type 670 ECM suites, 4x DLB, 4x DLD decoy RL, 2x DEC laser-dazzlers, type 182 torpedo decoy, CAAIS CCS
Complement	239

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Project history

Former RN Broadsword class Batch 1 frigates. Are equipped with berthing and training facilities for 65 officer trainees.

Modernizations

2000s, all: - 2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM, CAAIS CCS; + 2 x 2 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40), Siconta-4 CCS

Naval service

No significant events.