| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Cattistock (M31) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | 29 January 1979 |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 22 January 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 5 March 1982 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| Honours and awards: |
North Sea: 1941-45, Atlantic: 1942-1944, Normandy: 1944, Northern Persian Gulf: 1990-91 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| Notes: | Pennant = M31 |
| 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: |
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| Notes: | Mine counter measures equipment: SeaFox Mine Disposal System MS 14 Magnetic loop Sperry MSSA Acoustic generator K8 Oropesa sweeps |
HMS Cattistock (M31), the third ship of this name, is a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1981 and commissioned on 5 March 1982, the third ship of her class.
She was mentioned in the media in December 2002 after coliding with a jetty as she was leaving her homeport of HMNB Portsmouth in late November. She was left with a 2 ft hole in her side, although no crew were hurt in the collision. It was the third such collision that year, as HMS Trafalgar ran aground off the Isle of Skye earlier in November and HMS Nottingham hit rocks off the coast of Australia back in July.[1]
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