page_title: Type 22 frigate
section_title: Batch 3
hierarchical_section_title: Type 22 frigate / Evolution / Batch 3
caption_attribution_description: HMS Campbeltown (F86) at HMNB Devonport, September 2008.
context_page_description: The Type 22 frigate also known as the Broadsword class was a class of frigates built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen were built in total, with production divided into three batches.
  Initially intended to be anti-submarine warfare frigates as part of NATO contribution, the ships became general purpose warships.
  HMS Cornwall was the last Royal Navy Type 22 frigate, retired from service on 30 June 2011.
  Seven Type 22s were sold to the Brazilian, Romanian and Chilean navies. Five of these remain in service, one was sunk as a target and one was sold for scrap. Of the remainder, two were sunk as targets and five sold for scrap.
context_section_description: The four Batch III ships - Cornwall, Cumberland, Campbeltown and Chatham - were completed to a revised design which reflected lessons learned in the Falklands War. The weapons fit was changed, becoming more optimised for a general warfare role. The only major weapon systems shared with the previous vessels were the pair of six-cell Seawolf launchers and the torpedo tubes. The ships were fitted with a 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mk.8 gun, primarily to provide naval gunfire support for forces on land. Exocet was replaced by the superior Harpoon with eight GWS 60 missile launchers fitted laterally abaft the bridge, and each ship carried a 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS to provide last-ditch defence against anti-ship missiles.
  In their final form, the Type 22s were the largest frigates built to date for the Royal Navy – the follow-on Type 23 frigates would be appreciably smaller ships. Reflecting this, Type 22s were often deployed as flagships for NATO Task Groups.
caption: HMS Campbeltown, displaying some of the external differences of the Batch 3 units; the 4.5-in gun instead of Exocet launchers, and the Goalkeeper CIWS visible in front of the foremast.
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