HMS Berkeley (M40)

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Career (UK) RN Ensign
Name: HMS Berkeley (M40)
Operator: Royal Navy
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft
Commissioned: 1986
Decommissioned: 2000
Fate: Sold to Greece
Career (Greece) Hellenic Navy ensign
Name: Ν/ΘΗ Καλλιστώ (M 63)
Operator: Hellenic Navy
Acquired: 2001
General characteristics
Class and type: Hunt class MCMV
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
Complement: 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Sonar Type 2193
Armament: 1 × 40 mm Bofors Mark 9, replaced by 1 × 30 mm MSI DS-30B gun
Notes: Mine counter measures equipment:
2 × PAP remotely controlled submarines (ROV)
MS 14 Magnetic loop
Sperry MSSA Acoustic generator
K8 Oropesa sweeps

HMS Berkeley (M40) was a Hunt-class mine countermeasure vessel (MCMV) of the British Royal Navy. She was sold to the Greek Navy in 2001 as Kallisto.