HMS Battleaxe (F89)
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- For other ships of the same name, see HMS Battleaxe
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| Career | Image:RN-White-Ensign.svg |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 4 February 1976 |
| Launched: | 18 May 1977 |
| Commissioned: | 28 March 1980 |
| Decommissioned: | 1997 |
| Fate: | Sold to Brazil 30 April 1997. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5300 t |
| Length: | 148.1 m |
| Beam: | 14.8 m |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 33 km/h cruise, 56 km/h sprint |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Armament: | 2 x 6 GWS-25 Sea Wolf missile launchers, 4 x 1 Exocet SSM Launchers, 2 x 20 mm Bofors AA guns |
| Aircraft: | Lynx MK 8 helicopter |
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HMS Battleaxe (F89) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker.
HMS Battleaxe was featured in Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising.
| Type 22 frigate |
| Royal Navy |
| Broadsword | Battleaxe | Brilliant | Brazen | Boxer | Beaver | Brave | London | Sheffield | Coventry | Cornwall | Cumberland | Campbeltown | Chatham |
| Brazilian Navy |
| Greenhalgh | Bosisio | Dodsworth | Rademaker |
| Romanian Navy |
| Regina Maria | Regele Ferdinand |
| Chilean Navy |
| Almirante Williams |
| List of frigates of the Royal Navy |