HMS Ledbury (M30)
HMS Ledbury in Portsmouth 2007 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | HMS Ledbury |
Operator: | Royal Navy |
Ordered: | 31 March 1977[1] |
Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched: | December 1979 |
Sponsored by: | Lady Elizabeth Berthan[2] |
Commissioned: | 11 June 1981 |
Homeport: | Portsmouth |
Identification: | Pennant number: M30 |
Honours and awards: |
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Status: | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
Displacement: | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons)[3] |
Length: | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
Beam: | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
Draught: | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion: | 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp |
Speed: | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Complement: | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
Sensors and processing systems: | Sonar Type 2193 |
Electronic warfare & decoys: |
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Armament: |
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HMS Ledbury, the third ship of the name, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched on December 1979 and commissioned on 11 June 1981, the second ship of her class. She cost £65 million at time of building, which was at the time the most expensive cost-per-metre for any class of ship built by the Royal Navy.[2] Most of this cost went into the research and development of Ledbury's glass reinforced plastic hull.[4]
She is attached to the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron, based in Portsmouth. Ledbury underwent a docking maintenance period, commencing in June 2009, to fit the new Seafox mine disposal equipment. This new equipment (replacing the French built PAP RCMDS) is a significant improvement in both mine detection and disposal technology.
References
- ↑ Hansard Hand Written Answers, theyworkforyou.com, 1981
- ↑ Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - MCM, globalsecurity.org
- ↑ HMS Ledbury Introduction (archive), royalnavy.mod.uk
External links
- Royal Navy - HMS Ledbury (royalnavy.mod.uk)
- Media related to HMS Ledbury (M30) at Wikimedia Commons