HMS Blyth (M111)

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HMS Blyth (M111)
HMS Blyth in the Persian Gulf, 2008
Career (UK) RN Ensign
Name: HMS Blyth (M111)
Operator: Royal Navy
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft
Launched: 4 July 2000
Commissioned: 28 February 2001
Fate: Active in service as of 2008
General characteristics
Class and type: Sandown class minehunter
Displacement: 484 tons full
Length: 52.5 m
Beam: 10.9 m
Draught: 2.3 m
Propulsion: 2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors
diesel-electric drive
Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp
Speed: 13 knots diesel, 6.5 knots electric
Complement: 34 (7 officers, 27 ratings)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Type 1007 navigation radar
Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar
Armament: 1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount
2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns
Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers
Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers
Notes: Mine counter measures equipment:
2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 remotely controlled submarines (ROV)
ECA mine disposal system
Clearance divers

HMS Blyth (M111) is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She is the second vessel to bear the name.

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