HMS Penzance (M106)
HMS Penzance off Bahrain, 2021
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Name | HMS Penzance |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched | 11 March 1997 |
Commissioned | 14 May 1998 |
Homeport | HMNB Clyde |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Sandown-class minehunter |
Displacement | 600 t (590 long tons; 660 short tons)[1] |
Length | 52.5 m (172 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1523 shp, diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters |
Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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HMS Penzance is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She is named after the seaside town of Penzance in Cornwall, and is the fourth vessel to bear the name.
In 2020 HMS Penzance deployed long-term to the Persian Gulf, operating as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron from HMS Jufair in Bahrain. In this role, crews for HMS Penzance rotate every four months. [2]
In April 2021 HMS Penzance was involved in a collision with HMS Chiddingfold in Mina Salman, Bahrain, both vessels remained afloat and were able to berth safely.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "HMS Chiddingfold's 47-strong crew is heading to the Gulf from Portsmouth today".
- ^ "Gulf: £100,000 Of Damage After Navy Ships Collision". Forces Network. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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Categories:
- Sandown-class minehunters
- Ships built in Southampton
- 1997 ships
- Minehunters of the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom minesweeper stubs