HMS Brilliant F-90 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
Broadsword Type 22 (Batch 1) |
Builder: |
British shipbuilders (Yarrow) Scotstoun, Scotland |
Pennant Number: |
F-90 (UK) F-47 (Brazil) |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
December 15, 1978 |
Keel Laid: |
March 25, 1977 |
Commissioned: |
May 15, 1981 |
Fate: |
Sold to Brazil Aug. 31, 1996 and renamed Dodsworth F-47, still active as os 2007. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
430' 4" |
Engines: |
COGAG System 2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B boost gas turbines |
Beam: |
48' 5" |
2 Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines |
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Draft: |
19' 6" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
4,400 (full) |
HP: |
TM3B 24,600 RM1C 9,700 |
Speed: |
18 (normal) / 30 (max) |
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Crew: |
200+ |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 18 knots |
Combat Victories |
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Date
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Name
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Type
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Tons
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Nationality
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Notes
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Apr. 25, 1982 |
Santa Fe S-21 |
Submarine |
2,440 |
Argentina |
Damaged (a) |
Notes: |
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(a): |
Attacked by one of the Lynx helicopters along with the assistance of several other helicopters from other ships. Santa Fe was grounded to avoid sinking at King Edward Point, South Georgia Island and surrendered to British forces. Too old to be useful as a war prize the boat was later scuttled. |
History |
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May 12, 1982: |
HMS Brilliant was the 1st Royal Navy ship to fire the Seawolf missile in combat when |
May 21, 1982: |
Damaged by gunfire from an Argentine IAI Finger aircraft off San Carlos, East Falkland Island. |
Aug. 31, 1996: |
Sold to Brazil and renamed Dodsworth F-47. |
Page created Dec. 28, 2007 |