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HMS Broadsword

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HMS Broadsword may refer to the following ships of the Royal Navy:

Ships

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

Ships named Broadsword have been awarded the following battle honours:

Falkland Islands, 1982

In fiction

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

See also

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

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