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BATTLEAXE

HMS Battleaxe is a British Broadsword Class frigate of 3500 tons displacement launched in 1977. HMS Battleaxe is powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines and four diesel generators providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4500 miles at 18 knots. She carries a crew of 222 including 17 officers and has accommodation for 249. Armaments consist of four Aerospatiale MM38 Exocet missiles; two British Aerospace 6-barrelled Seawolf GWS 25 surface-to-air missile launchers; four DES/Oerlikon 30 mm/75 guns in two twin arrangements and two Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns.
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