HMS Brave (F94)

History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Brave
OperatorRoyal Navy
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down24 May 1982
Launched19 November 1983
Sponsored byLady Bryson, wife of Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson KCB, the Controller of the Navy
Commissioned4 July 1986 in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Decommissioned23 March 1999
IdentificationPennant number: F94
Motto
FateSunk as a target vessel by HMS Sceptre and HMS Argyll
General characteristics
Class and typeType 22 frigate
Displacement5,300 tonnes
Length148.1 m (486 ft 9 in)
Beam14.8 m (48 ft 6 in)
Draught6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion2 × Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A Gas Turbines; 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C Gas Turbines
Speed
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (cruise)
  • 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max)
Complement250 (19 officers, 73 senior ratings, 173 junior ratings)
Armament
Aircraft carriedLynx HAS3 Mk.8 helicopter

HMS Brave was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland and launched on 19 November 1983. Brave was decommissioned on 23 March 1999 and was expended as a target in August 2004 by the submarine Sceptre and frigate Argyll.[1]

  1. ^ "Brave Frigate". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 4 January 2020.