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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Battleaxe_NTW_3_93_7.jpg) HMS Battleaxe
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Battleaxe |
| Namesake | Battleaxe |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 4 February 1976 |
| Launched | 18 May 1977 |
| Commissioned | 28 March 1980 |
| Decommissioned | 30 August 1996 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F89 |
| Fate | Sold to Brazil 30 April 1997 |
 Brazil | |
| Name | Rademaker |
| Namesake | August Rademaker |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 22 frigate |
| Displacement | 4,400 tons |
| Length | 131.2 m (430 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 14.8 m (48 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) max |
| Complement | 222 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters |
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.