HMS Blyth (M111)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Blyth.
 HMS Blyth, 2006 | |
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| Name: | HMS Blyth |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 4 July 2000 |
| Commissioned: | 28 February 2001 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M111 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sandown-class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 600 t (590 long tons; 660 short tons)[1] |
| Length: | 52.5 m (172 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
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| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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HMS Blyth is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She is the second vessel to bear the name.The first being a Bangor class minesweeper of the Second World War,pennant number J15.
Along with her sister ship, Ramsey, she has been deployed to the Middle East on Operation Aintree in 2007 and 2008 to test the class capabilities in the hot climate and maintain force operational capability in the region. Crews from other Sandown-class vessels are rotated through the 2 ships.
References
- ↑ Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - MCM, globalsecurity.org, Retrieved 8 June 2014
External links
- Royal Navy HMS Blyth (royalnavy.mod.uk)
Media related to HMS Blyth (M111) at Wikimedia Commons
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