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BOXER frigates (1984 - 1988)


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Brave 1986 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Boxer F92 1024 Yarrow SB, Scotstoun 1.11.1979 17.6.1981 22.12.1983 deleted 8.1999
Beaver F93 1027 Yarrow SB, Scotstoun 20.6.1980 8.5.1982 13.12.1984 deleted 2.1999
Brave F94 1029 Marconi Marine (YSL), Scotstoun 24.5.1982 19.11.1983 4.7.1986 deleted 1999
London (ex-Bloodhound) F95 1030 Marconi Marine (YSL), Scotstoun 7.2.1983 27.10.1984 5.6.1987 deleted 6.1999, to Romania (Regina Maria)
Sheffield (ex-Bruiser) F96 123 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 29.3.1984 26.3.1986 26.7.1988 to Chile 4.2003 (Almirante Williams)
Coventry (ex-Boadicea) F98 124 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 29.3.1984 8.4.1986 14.10.1988 deleted 2001, to Romania (Regele Ferdinand)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

4100

Displacement full, t

4800

Length, m

F92, 93: 145.0

F94-96, 98: 146.5

Breadth, m

14.8

Draught, m

4.30 hull 6.40 screws

No of shafts

2

Machinery

F92-94: COGOG: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines / 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines

F95, 96, 98: COGAG: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines + Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines

Power, h. p.

F92-94: 54600 / 9700

F95, 96, 98: 37540+9700=47240

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil 700

Endurance, nm(kts)

4500(18)

Armament

F92, 93: 4 x 1 Exocet MM38 SSM (4 MM38/GWS50), 2 x 6 Sea Wolf GWS25 Mod.0 SAM (72 Sea Wolf GWS25), 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 3 - 324 STWS.2 TT, 2 helicopters (Lynx)

F94-96, 98: 4 x 1 Exocet MM38 SSM (4 MM38/GWS50), 2 x 6 Sea Wolf GWS25 Mod.3 SAM (72 Sea Wolf GWS25), 2 x 2 - 30/75 GCM-A02, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 3 - 324 STWS.2 TT, 2 helicopters (Lynx) or 1 helicopter (Sea King or Merlin)

Electronic equipment

F92, 93: type 967/968, 2x type 910, type 1006 radars, type 2050,  type 2031Z sonars, UAA-1, 2x type 670 ECM suites, 4x Shield decoy RL, 2x DEC laser-dazzlers, type 182 torpedo decoy, CACS-1 CCS

F94: type 967M/968, 2x type 911, type 1006 radars, type 2016, type 2031Z sonars, UAA-1, 2x type 670 ECM suites, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, 2x DEC laser-dazzlers, type 182 torpedo decoy, CACS-1 CCS

F95, 96, 98: type 967/968, 2x type 911, type 1006 radars, type 2016, type 2031Z sonars, UAA-1, 2x type 670 ECM suites, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, 2x DEC laser-dazzlers, type 182 torpedo decoy, CACS-1 CCS

Complement

265



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<i>Boxer </i>1990
Boxer 1990


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<i>Brave </i>1986 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Brave 1986 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Although an initial order of twelve Broadswords was talked of, after four units had been ordered the decision was made to lengthen the subsequent ships in order to accommodate the Type 2031Z towed array sonar. Orders for the first two of these improved Broadswords were placed in April 1979, and it was planned to build up to 22 units, but once again the design was revised in the light of Falklands experience, and the class only ran to ten units. The major design changes in these Batch 2 ships included an expanded Operations Room and AIO to handle Type 2031Z data, the CACS-1 combat system in place of CAAIS and moving the Type 2016/2050 sonar from its hull position to the bow (hence the marked overhang and the stem anchor). From Brave onwards the flight deck was enlarged to accommodate a single Sea King or the new Merlin helicopter, and the stern was redesigned with a square transom. Boxer and Beaver were trials ships for the CACS-1 command system and Brave had Marine Spey SM1A gas turbines in place of Olympus TM3Bs. Bloodhound was renamed London at the request of the Lord Mayor of London, and the last pair were named in honour of the destroyers lost in 1982. Brave and later ships had hangars enlarged to accommodate EH-101 Merlin helicopter.

Modernizations

mid-1980s, Boxer, Beaver: - 2 x 1 - 40/60; + 2 x 2 - 30/75 GCM-A02

1989, Brave: was re-engined with COGOG: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines / 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines (48000/9700hp)

early 1990s, all: - UAA-1, 2x type 670 ECM suites; + UAA-2, 2x type 675 ECM suites, 4x DLF-2 floating decoy launchers

early 1990s, Boxer: - type 2016 sonar; + type 2050 sonar

late 1990s, all: - type 1006 radar; + type 1007 radar

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.