HMS Brazen (F91) |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Brazen (F91) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1978 |
| Launched: | 4 March 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 2 July 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | 1996 |
| Honours and awards: |
"Kuwait 1991" |
| Fate: | Sold to Brazil 18 November 1994 |
| Career (Brazil) | |
| Name: | Bosisio (F-48) |
| Namesake: | Almirante Paulo Bosísio |
| Operator: | Brazilian Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Launched: | 4 March 1980 |
| Christened: | 18 August 1978 |
| Acquired: | 18 November 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1996 |
| Homeport: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| 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 surface to air missile launchers 4 × 1 Exocet surface to surface missile launchers 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | Helipad and hangar |
HMS Brazen was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was completed three months ahead of schedule due to the Falklands War. It was purchased from the United Kingdom by the Brazilian Navy on 18 November 1994, and renamed Bosísio. The ship was commissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 30 August 1996.[1]
Brazen served on the Armilla Patrol which became a taskforce during the Gulf War. For this she received the battle honour "Kuwait 1991".[2] During the war, her Lynx helicopter attacked fast patrol boats.[3]
In June 2009, Bosísio participated in the recovery mission for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.
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