HMS Ledbury (M30)

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HMS Ledbury in Portsmouth 2007
Career (UK) RN Ensign
Name: HMS Ledbury (M30)
Operator: Royal Navy
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft
Launched: December 1979
Commissioned: 11 June 1981
Fate: Active in service as of 2008
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 Ledbury (M30), the third ship of the 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.

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