HMS Beaver (F93)
1984 Type 22 or Broadsword-class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Beaver.
HMS Beaver was one of 10 Type 22 missile frigates of the Broadsword class ordered by the Royal Navy.[1]
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Beaver |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 20 June 1980 |
Launched | 8 May 1982 |
Commissioned | 13 December 1984 |
Decommissioned | 1 May 1999 |
Identification | Pennant number: F93 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 21 February 2001 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 4,800 tons |
Length | 146.5 m (481 ft) |
Beam | 14.8 m (49 ft) |
Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
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Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
Complement | 273 |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
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The ship was laid down at the Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., Scotstoun, on 20 June 1980 and finally commissioned on 13 December 1984. Originally 22 ships of the class were planned to be built, but after the Falklands War, it was decided 10 was enough.[2]