HMS Brazen (F91)
HMS Brazen was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was completed three months ahead of schedule due to the Falklands War.
HMS Brazen | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Brazen |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 18 August 1978 |
| Launched | 4 March 1980 |
| Commissioned | 2 July 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 30 August 1996 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F91 |
| Honours and awards | "Kuwait 1991" |
| Fate | Sold to Brazil 18 November 1994 |
| Brazil | |
| Name | Bosisio |
| Namesake | Almirante Paulo Bosísio |
| Acquired | 18 November 1994 |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1996 |
| Decommissioned | 29 September 2015 |
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk as target, July 2017 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement | 4,400 tons |
| Length | 131.2 m (430 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) max |
| Complement | 222 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar |
Edit
Brazen served on the Armilla Patrol which became a task force during the Gulf War as part of Operation Granby. For this she received the battle honour "Kuwait 1991".[1] On 24 January 1991, Brazen would screen the British Casualty Receiving ship RFA Argus when a pair of Iraqi Mirage F1 aircraft made a run for the vessel, armed with AM39 Exocet anti-ship missiles. The Iraqi aircraft were shot down by Saudi F-15C fighter aircraft before they could fire their anti-ship missiles.[2] During the war, her Lynx helicopter attacked fast patrol boats.[3]
Following a patrol in the South Atlantic Brazen ran aground in the Patagonian Canal on 11 September 1994. The ship was refloated four days later and taken to Talcahuano for repairs, which lasted a month. She then returned to the UK under her own power for reinstatement of combat system equipment damaged in the incident at Devonport royal dockyard.
By late 1995, Brazen was back in active service, operating in the Adriatic Sea as part of a Royal Navy task group led by the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal for Operation Sharp Guard.[4] In early 1996, Brazen rescued 30 Albanians from a sinking vessel.[5] In May 1996, she returned to Devonport for the final time before being official handed over to the Brazilian Navy in August 1996.[6][7]
Brazilian service Edit
She 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.[8]
In June 2009, Bosísio participated in the recovery mission for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.
She was decommissioned from Brazilian Navy service on 23 September 2015.[9] The ship was sunk as a target in July 2017 during the Brazilian Navy operation 'MISSILEX 2017'.[10]
References Edit
- ^ "Written answers 1993 Gulf War". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 24 February 1993.
- ^ renowned youtuber Mighty Jingles's (https://www.youtube.com/@BohemianEagle) first hand account as Brazen's radio operator on duty at the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDfDnZ7FiZg&t=232s
- ^ . Archived from the original on 18 November 2006.
- ^ "Defence". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 17 October 1995.
- ^ "Brazen saves 30 boat people" (PDF). Navy News. March 1996. p. 1. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "199605".
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- ^ F Bosísio - F 48 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Navios de Guerra Brasileiros. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ^ [1] Poder Naval OnLine. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ [2] Poder Naval OnLine. Retrieved 1 de agosto de 2017.
Publications Edit
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.