HMS Brilliant (F90)
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HMS Brilliant was a Batch 1 Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was named under the original convention that all Type 22s would bear ‘B’ names following the ‘A’ names of the Type 21 frigates; this
HMS Brilliant enters a port during exercise Ocean Safari 1985
Damage to Hull plating and a Sea Wolf missile cone caused by cannon fire
Type 22 frigate
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The Type 22 frigate also known as the Broadsword class was a class of frigates built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen were built in total, with production divided into three batches.
HMS Brilliant (F90)
…HMS Brilliant was a Batch 1 Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was named under the original convention that all Type 22s would bear ‘B’ names following the ‘A’ names of the Type 21 frigates…
HMS Beaver, 30 June 1986
Rademaker, formerly Battleaxe, a Type 22 frigate of the Brazilian Navy
HMS Campbeltown, displaying some of the external differences of the Batch 3 units; the 4.5-inch gun instead of Exocet launchers, and the Goalkeeper CIWS visible in front of the foremast.