Boxer 1990
| 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) |
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Displacement standard, t |
4100 |
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Displacement full, t |
4800 |
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Length, m |
F92, 93: 145.0 F94-96, 98: 146.5 |
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Breadth, m |
14.8 |
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Draught, m |
4.30 hull 6.40 screws |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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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 |
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Power, h. p. |
F92-94: 54600 / 9700 F95, 96, 98: 37540+9700=47240 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil 700 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(18) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Complement |
265 |
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.
Brave 1986
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016