HMS Ledbury in Portsmouth 2007 |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ledbury (M30) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | 31 March 1977[1] |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | December 1979 |
| Sponsored by: | Lady Elizabeth Berthan[2] |
| Commissioned: | 11 June 1981 |
| Homeport: | Portsmouth |
| Honours and awards: |
Malta(1942) Arctic(1942-3) Sicily(1943) Salerno(1943) Adriatic(1944) Aegean(1944) Kuwait(1991) Al Faw(2003) |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| 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: | 15 knots |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 x Gemini |
| Complement: | 43 (5 Officers, 9 Senior Ratings, 29 Junior Ratings) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Sonar Type 2193, Radar Type 1007 |
| Armament: |
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| 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. She cost £65 Million at time of building, which was the most expensive cost per metre for any class of ship built by the Royal Navy.[2] Most of this cost went into the research and development of Ledbury's Glass Reinforced Plastic Hull.[4]
She is currently attached to the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCM2), based in Portsmouth. Ledbury underwent a docking maintenance period, commencing Jun 2009, to fit the new 'Seafox' Mine disposal equipment. This new equipment (replacing the French built PAP RCMDS) is a significant improvement in both mine detection and disposal technology.
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