HMS Beaver (F93)

HMS Beaver
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Beaver
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	20 June 1980
Launched	8 May 1982
Commissioned	13 December 1984
Decommissioned	1 May 1999
Identification	Pennant number: F93
Fate	Sold for scrap 21 February 2001
General characteristics
Displacement	4,800 tons
Length	146.5 m (481 ft)
Beam	14.8 m (49 ft)
Draught	6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft COGOG 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines (54,000 shp / 40 MW) 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines (9,700 shp / 7.2 MW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (56 km/h) full
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Complement	273
Armament	2 × 6 GWS25 Sea Wolf SAM launchers 4 × 1 Exocet SSM launchers 2 × triple Ship-launched Torpedo Weapons System (STWS) – Stingray Torpedo Launch Tubes 2 × Twin 30 mm AA guns 2 × 20 mm AA guns 4 × 7.62 mm GPMGs
Aircraft carried	2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters

HMS Beaver was one of 10 Type 22 missile frigates of the Broadsword class ordered by the Royal Navy.^[1]

The ship was laid down at the Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., Scotstoun, on 20 June 1980 and finally commissioned on 13 December 1984. Originally 22 ships of the class were planned to be built, but after the Falklands War, it was decided 10 was enough.^[2]