HMS Broadsword
List of ships with the same or similar names
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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. She was sunk as target in 2024.
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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