HMS Ledbury (M30)

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Career RN Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: December 1979
Commissioned: 11 June 1981
Decommissioned:
Fate: Active as of 2006
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 750 tons
Length: 60 m
Beam: 9.8 m
Draught: 2.2 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp
Speed: 17 knots
Range:
Complement: 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)
Military Lift:
Armament: 1 x 40 mm Bofors Mark 9, replaced by 1 x 30 mm MSI DS-30B gun
Aircraft:
Motto:

HMS Ledbury (M30), the third ship of this name, is a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was launched on December 1979 and commissioned on 11 June 1981, the second ship of her class.


Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessels
Brecon | Ledbury | Cattistock | Cottesmore | Brocklesby | Middleton | Dulverton | Bicester | Chiddingfold | Atherstone | Hurworth | Berkeley | Quorn

List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy
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Commissioned Royal Navy Ships
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