TYPE 22 FRIGATES - FROM GUNS TO MISSILES - BRIEF - NO. 24 

i served on the Broadsword, Did the Armilla patrol in the Persian gulf, best class of vessel in the navy at that time. very quick for there size, reliable and well built. compared to other ships like leander class and Amazon the 22's were like a hotel. I remember a funny event, i was a chef on F88, we were at sea and some guy from the op's room came down to the galley and started questioning me about the potato peeling machine and what times i use it and for how long, I was bemused by the strange questions but it turned out that every time i turned the potato peeler on it was setting off alarms in the ops room as it was registering the same frequency as the motor of an incoming torpedo. At the time the ship was testing out a new sonar from Marconi and it didnt like my spud peeler.

IMHO the third batch Type 22 in the best looking warship ever designed, in the west, post war.

Just 30 seconds in and I want to say you’ve seriously improved your narrating! Much easier to understand. Really appreciate the effort you’ve put into that, thanks captain.

Served on 'Battleaxe 82-84 3GP , AB(M) ....in 'ruffers' the canteen flat was a great place to fly , if you timed your jump right you could jettison yourself from the hatch combing by the canteen shutters through to the 'forrd heads grating! Such was the height of the deckheads . The quarterdeck was a fine place for contempation and mailey writing especialy when the mighty Olympuses were wound up . The extra space unfortunately led to endless scrubbing out and during store ship the vertiflow system failed , constantly! Manked , moaned & loafed for the vast majority of my time , indispersed with some great runs ashore . Proud to have served as a batch 1 T22'er !

As a sidenote, Campbeltown was some 500 tonnes heavier than its sister ships due to its final refit strengthening beams fitted port and stbd starting at the Foc'sle and running aft to just under the start of the upper fwd screen. Served on Coventry, Cumberland, Cornwall and Campbeltown (twice). Decommissioned both batches.

F99 Cornwall was a very well equipped ship, and would still be very useful today.

The classification of destroyer, frigate, corvette etc, is not solely on size, but armaments and purpose. I should know, as an ex TAS rating who’s served on Southampton- a destroyer - and Brave

The batch three Type 22's were very fine warships that were sold out of the Royal Navy far too early.

Still think the batch 3 type 22s were amongst the finest looking ships produced for the RN and one of the most potent.

served on the Chatham as a Leading Seaman Sonar one of the best crews in the fleet 1990 to 1994

These were such handsome ships, thanks for the videos, I really enjoy this series. I so appreciate hearing a human voice, even with the odd idiosyncrasy. Much better than the usual computer!

I served on Battleaxe F89. Very roomy ships and luxurious compared to the County Class I'd previously served on.

Went on board Brazen when she visited Miami in 1992. I remember the forward SeaWolf reloads had to be wheeled on a cart down a corridor the length of the ship then out a door to reach the launcher. Wondering if the later batches added a forward magazine?

"Shipyard" is one word, in conventional English!

Everyone I knew that had a 22 loved them, and they never wanted anything else. As a Pompey rating I was happy to never get one, but I wish they had also been based here.

Great ships!! Proud to have served!!! 5 of them!!!

Good video, but can I just state that COGOG is COmbined Gas Or Gas. That's a combination of any two Tyne GT OR Olympus/Spey GT. COGAG is COmbined Gas And Gas, which is the ability to have all 4 GT (2 x Tyne AND 2 x Spey) propelling the ship. Yours Aye, Buster, Ex HMS Chatham (T22 B3 ME Tiff)

Jim Callaghan served in the Royal Navy in WW2

Oh and Greenhaugh is pronounced “greenalsh” , she was inboard of us - in Brave -in Rio

As ex RN 85/90 I served in HMS INTREPID but was due to be drafted to HMS LONDON but got sent on a leading seaman course, even though my 18 month notice had just been put in which never made sense to me. I wish I had stayed but thought that the grass was greener on the other side. BIG MISTSKE, LOL.

I did beaver, Sheffield and Campbeltown

Superb Ships. Wonderful design :-)

Someone share this with The Mighty Jingles. Maybe he can add more stuff

At some point, could you do a general brief on the different radar bands and what they're used for? I love all the info, but I don't have an appreciation of what the different radar outfits are for.

I feel I have to pick you up on a couple of points from your brief. 1) You seriously overstate the range of Exocet 2) Harpoon on the batch 3's was undeniably a far superior weapon to Exocet 3) The picture at around 11 minutes is not a Type 22. Otherwise a nice brief.

Awful. If you have a list of things, don't read them out, just type them onto the page, we can read much faster than you can speak, and we can skip over or pause if we want to ponder.

CHATHAM CARRIED SEA KING FOR ASW VERY RARELY HAD LYNX

Anyone see the guy waterskiing behind the ship around 3:40

I worked on T26 in build in they are BIG! With the Bustle on the arse end, they have ended up longer than T45. Beasts.

Thank you ,fascinating, always liked this class off ships.

The title sounds exciting

Frigates type 22 were beaten for subsonic antiques Argentine Skyhawk....lost the battle with airplanes...

I really enjoy your videos, thankyou very much, entertaining and informative.

Who is the water skier at 3:15?

Great video as usual. I didn't hear mention the prairie masker system though.

Great video!

nice video man thx i love warship history nice channel keep going!

Guy surfing 3:30 in lol

Did they serve in the falklands war

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I served on a batch 2 type 22. I am afraid to say your spoken delivery is so random, it is really hard to follow. I was listening for your info on the batch two as their man role was towed array and ECM but the info is all over the place. .

Great video thanks, slightly surprised they had missles though, I thought RN ships were fitted with missiles?

Missiles not mislles

You sound drunk, slurred commentary 😂

Improved audio but pronunciation still needs work, th often pronounced as f.

Unlistenable commentary with its "wiv"s (withs) "free"s (threes) and especially "haitches" (aitches).