| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Cottesmore (M32) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Launched: | 9 February 1982[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Lady Buchanon, wife of Vice Admiral Sir Peter Buchanon |
| Commissioned: | 24 June 1983 |
| Decommissioned: | September 2005 |
| 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 Cottesmore (M32) was a Hunt-class mine countermeasure vessel (MCMV) of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1982 and converted in 1997 into a patrol vessel. The ship was declared surplus to requirement and put on the MoD list for disposal in 2004. In 2008 she was bought by Lithuania, along with HMS Dulverton.
Lieutenant-Commander His Royal Highness The Duke of York commanded HMS Cottesmore from April 1993 until November 1994.
She was decommissioned by the Royal Navy in September 2005. Her ship's bell and other memorabilia were presented to the village of Cottesmore, Rutland.
Thales has been awarded the prime contractorship to upgrade the vessels with a technologically-advanced minehunting system which will include fitting the new hull-mounted Sonar 2193 system, propulsion, command and control systems, and mine disposal systems.
The ship is expected to enter service with the Lithuanian navy by 2011.[2]
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