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| HMS Broadsword (F88) dans la Guerre des Malouines, armé de missiles Exocet et Seawolf. Carte postale de la collection Falklands Task Force, Sovereign Series N°7 (collection agence Adhémar) |
HMS Broadsword (F88) a été impliqué dans la Guerre des malouines (Falkland Islands). Ce Glaive (Broadsword en anglais) a été bien ébréché pendant les combats, touché à deux reprises dont une assez chanceuse puisque un obus a traversé son pont d'envol sans exploser. Il survivra jusqu'à sa vente à la marine brésilienne en 1995. Il sera rebaptisé Greenhalgh.
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F88 HMS Broadsword Built by Yarrow, she was laid down 7th February 1975 and completed by the 24th of January 1979, she was commissioned on the 3rd of may the same year.
HMS Broadsword was instrumental in the coordination of the rescue operation after the Fastnet Yacht Race disaster in 1980.
During the Falklands conflict both HMS Broadsword and HMS Coventry were attacked by the Argentinean airforce. The Broadsword was lucky, having a bomb go through the flight deck which did not explode, the Coventry was not so lucky needing Broadsword to rescue 170 of her crew. Broadsword successfully shot down four enemy aircraft during the Falklands conflict.
HMS Broadsword was sold to brazil in 1995 who named her F46 Greenhalgh.