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On 11 January 1985, Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Defence: "what is the latest cost estimate of a type 22 frigate, with stores, spare parts and ammunition." The Secretary of State for Defence, Mr. Lee, replied: "The average cost of a batch III type 22 frigate is currently estimated at £140 million at 1984–85 prices.
[106] [107] Of the eight names, six were previously used as names of Type 42 destroyers, while the previous HMS London was a Type 22 frigate. HMS Sheffield was previously used on both a Type 22 frigate and a Type 42 destroyer before that. An order for the final five ships in the class was formally placed in November 2022.
Frigates, which are naval vessels intermediate between corvettes and destroyers, [1] have had a significant role in the naval history of India.Although the Maratha Navy, the naval branch of the armed forces of the Maratha Empire, used Grabs and Gallivats to project naval power, [2] the concept of frigates (formerly called sloops) was introduced by the British. [3]
Daegu-class frigate (South Korea) Defence and intervention frigate (France) Mogami-class frigate (Japan) Nilgiri-class frigate (India) Tamandaré-class frigate (Brazil) Type 26 frigates (United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada) Type 31 frigates (United Kingdom, Poland, and Indonesia) Type 054B frigate (China) Admiral Gorshkov class frigate (Russia)
Battleaxe was ordered by the British Admiralty on 4 September 1974, as the second Batch I Type 22 Frigate. The ship was laid down at Yarrow Shipbuilders' Scotstoun shipyard on 4 February 1976, [1] and was launched by Audrey Callaghan, the wife of James Callaghan, the Prime Minister at the time, on 18 May 1977. [2]
The strike group crossed the South China Sea to Japan via the Suez Canal, India and Singapore. A number of ships, including Evertsen , made an interim visit to the Black Sea . [ 7 ] During the visit to the Black Sea, Russian jets conducted mock attacks on the frigate.
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate January – April n/a FGS Lübeck: Bremen-class frigate January – 1 June n/a ESPS Blas de Lezo: Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate 22 January – 30 June n/a FS Auvergne: Aquitaine-class frigate 22 February – May n/a HMS Trent: River-class offshore patrol vessel February – March n/a HS Aegean: Elli-class ...
Regina Maria (F222) is a Type 22 frigate of the Romanian Naval Forces, formerly a Royal Navy ship named HMS London (F95). It is named after Queen Marie of Romania , wife of King Ferdinand I of Romania .