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Initially intended to be anti-submarine warfare frigates as part of NATO contribution, the ships became general purpose warships. HMS Cornwall was the last Royal Navy Type 22 frigate, retired from service on 30 June 2011. [1] [2] Five Type 22s were scrapped and two more were sunk as targets.
HMS London was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy, originally named Bloodhound but renamed London at the request of the Lord Mayor of London. She was flagship of the Royal Navy task force during the 1991 Gulf War.
Regele Ferdinand (F221) is a Type 22 frigate of the Romanian Naval Forces, formerly a Royal Navy ship named HMS Coventry (F98). She was originally intended to be named Boadicea but was named Coventry in honour of the previous Coventry, a Type 42 destroyer sunk in the Falklands War. Following service in the Royal Navy she was sold to the ...
HMS Cornwall was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was the first Batch 3 to be built, and the last to decommissioned . Cornwall was based at HMNB Devonport in Devon , England, part of the Devonport Flotilla.
HMS Campbeltown was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy.Built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead.She was part of the third batch of Type 22s, which were larger than their predecessors and incorporated advanced close-in weapons after lessons learnt from the 1982 Falklands War.
HMS Cumberland was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1986 and commissioned on 10 June 1989. The frigate was on station during the First Gulf War and was part of the Devonport Flotilla based at Devonport Dockyard. Cumberland was decommissioned on 23 June 2011.
HMS Battleaxe was a Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker. Construction and design
HMS Brilliant was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. Brilliant took part in the only ship-to-ship engagement of the Falklands War , when she and HMS Yarmouth chased the Argentine coaster Monsunen , in the Battle of Seal Cove .