HMS Battleaxe (F89)

(For other ships with the same name, see HMS Battleaxe.) HMS Battleaxe was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker. NAe Rademaker was involved in an unfortunate incident on 29 November 2004, during the annual FRATERNO naval exercise with ships of the Argentinian Navy. While conducting gunnery practice shots against target drones, a technical failure of her automatic weapons system made the Argentinian frigate ARA Sarandi fire on the Brazilian frigate Rademaker, causing injuries to four Brazilian crewmen and an Argentine naval observer, as well as moderate damage to NAe Rademaker.

HMS Battleaxe (F89)

(For other ships with the same name, see HMS Battleaxe.) HMS Battleaxe was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker. NAe Rademaker was involved in an unfortunate incident on 29 November 2004, during the annual FRATERNO naval exercise with ships of the Argentinian Navy. While conducting gunnery practice shots against target drones, a technical failure of her automatic weapons system made the Argentinian frigate ARA Sarandi fire on the Brazilian frigate Rademaker, causing injuries to four Brazilian crewmen and an Argentine naval observer, as well as moderate damage to NAe Rademaker.