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HMS Broadsword

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HMS Broadsword may refer to:

Ships[edit]

  • HMS Broadsword (D31), was a Weapon-class destroyer launched in 1946 and broken up in 1968.
  • HMS Broadsword (F88), was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1975. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1995 and renamed Greenhalgh.

Battle honours[edit]

Ships named Broadsword have been awarded the following battle honours:

  • Falkland Islands, 1982

In fiction[edit]

  • HMS Broadsword, a fictional Royal Navy destroyer in Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals.

See also[edit]

  • Broadsword-class frigate, another name for the Type 22 frigate.
  • SS Empire Broadsword, a 1943 British Royal Navy ship.
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