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
Draft:
19' 6"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
4,400 (full)
HP:
TM3B 24,600
RM1C 9,700
Speed:
18 (normal) / 30 (max)
Crew:
200+
Range:
4,500 NM @ 18 knots


Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Apr. 25, 1982
Santa Fe S-21
Submarine
2,440
Argentina
Damaged (a)
Notes:
(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
May 12, 1982:

HMS Brilliant was the 1st Royal Navy ship to fire the Seawolf missile in combat when
she shot down 3 Argentine A-4 Skyhawk's during the Falklands War.
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.


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