| Laid down | 4th February 1976 |
| Launched | 18th May 1977 |
| Completed | 20th December 1979 |
| Commissioned | 28th March 1980 |
| Fate | Sold: 1997 to Brazil |
| Builders | Yarrow, Scotstoun United Kingdom |
| Complement | 235 |
| Dimensions | |
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| Displacement | 4000 tons std 4500 tons max |
| Dimensions | 430' x 48' 5" |
| Draught | 19' 9" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 2 x 40mm Bofors (2 x 1) |
| Secondary guns | None |
| Torpedoes | As built: None 1982: 6 x 12.75" STWS-2 tubes (2 x 3) |
| Other weapons | SSM: 4 x MM38 Exocet (4 x 1) SAM: 2 x GWS25 SeaWolf launchers (2 x 6) 32 rounds |
| Countermeasures | As built: 4 x Corvus decoy launchers HIRAM decoy flares Refitted: 4 x Corvus decoy launchers 2 x SRBOC decoy launchers HIRAM decoy flares |
| Armour | N/A |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | 2 x Westland Lynx HAS1 |
| Flightdeck | N/A |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | Type 1006 navigation 2 x Type 910 tracking Type 967 surveillance Type 968 surveillance |
| Sonar | Type 2016 passive/active hull mounted Type 162M target classification Type 2008 comunications |
| ECM | Thorn Guardian jammers |
| Other | GWS50 Exocet fire control GWS25 Mod 0 SeaWolf fire control CAISS combat data control UAA-1 ESM SNAPS navigation |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | COGOG 2 x Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines 2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines 4 x Paxman Ventura diesel generators |
| Power output | 50000shp Olympus 8500shp Tyne 4MW diesel generators |
| Speed | 30kts Olympus 18kts Tyne |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 4500NM @ 18kts |
| Fuel | 600 tons oil |
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