HMS Brazen (F91)
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 HMS Brazen (F91) |
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Brazen |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1978 |
| Launched: | 4 May 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 2 July 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | 1996 |
| Fate: | Sold to Brazil 31 August 1996 |
| Career (Brazil) |  |
| Name: | Bosisio (F-48) |
| Operator: | Brazilian Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,400 tons |
| Length: | 131.2 m (430 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.8 m (48 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.1 m (20 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, COGOG 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B boost gas turbines (54,600 shp) 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h) top speed |
| Complement: | 222 |
| Armament: | 2 × 6 GWS25 Seawolf SAM launchers 4 × 1 Exocet SSM launchers 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Brazen.
HMS Brazen (F91) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was completed three months ahead of schedule due to the Falklands War. She decommissioned in 1996 and was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 31 August 1996 and renamed Bosisio.
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