HMS Penzance (M106)
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| Name: | HMS Penzance (M106) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 11 March 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 14 May 1998 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| Motto: | Diligenter Pensa "Diligent thought" |
| 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: SeaFox Mine Disposal System Clearance divers |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Penzance.
HMS Penzance (M106) is a Sandown class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She is named after the Cornwall seaside town of the same name, and is the fourth vessel to bear the name.
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