HMS BATTLEAXE (F89)

Career	RN Ensign / Brazilian Naval Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:	4 February 1976
Launched:	18 May 1977
Commissioned:	28 March 1980
Decommissioned:	1997
Fate:	Sold to Brazil 30 April 1997.
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	5300 t
Length:	148.1 m
Beam:	14.8 m
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed:	33 km/h cruise, 56 km/h sprint
Range:
Complement:	250
Armament:	2 x 6 GWS-25 Sea Wolf missile launchers, 4 x 1 Exocet SSM Launchers, 2 x 20 mm Bofors AA guns
Aircraft:	Lynx MK 8 helicopter
Motto:

'HMS ''Battleaxe'' (F89)' was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed ''Rademaker''.
HMS ''Battleaxe'' was featured in Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising.