| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Cromer (M103) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 6 October 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 7 April 1992 |
| Decommissioned: | 2001 |
| Fate: | Designated as training ship |
| 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 Cromer was a Sandown class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1992. She was named after the North Norfolk seaside town of the same name.
HMS Cromer visited Dundee on November 6–9, 1998 (for a Dundee navy day and Armistice Day commemorations) when she was accompanied by various warships from European countries including: Norwegian minelayer/command ship N 52 KNM Vidar, Norwegian minesweeper KNM Maloy, Dutch minesweeper M 860 Hr.Ms. Schiedam, Belgian minesweeper M 917 BNS Crocus, Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose and German minesweeper F45 FGS Volkingen.
She was decommissioned in 2001 before being refitted for use as a training ship at the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. In keeping with tradition, for this role the ship has been renamed Hindostan. As she is not a commissioned ship she is not prefixed "HMS".
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