HMS Hurworth (M39)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hurworth.
 HMS Hurworth operating in the English Channel | |
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| Name: | HMS Hurworth |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 25 September 1984 |
| Sponsored by: | Lady Anne Halifax,[1] wife of Admiral Sir David Halifax KCB, KCVO, KBE |
| Commissioned: | 2 July 1985[2] |
| Homeport: | HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M39 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement: | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons)[3] |
| Length: | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
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| Speed: | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement: | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
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HMS Hurworth is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy.
On 2 March 2009, she was the centrepiece of the festivities to mark the 800th anniversary of the granting of a freedom charter by King John to Great Yarmouth.[4]
Affiliations
References
External links
- Royal Navy - HMS Hurworth (royalnavy.mod.uk)
Media related to HMS Hurworth (M39) at Wikimedia Commons
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