HMS Quorn (M41)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Quorn.
 HMS Quorn | |
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| Name: | HMS Quorn |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 23 January 1988 |
| Sponsored by: | Lady Rosemary Thompson |
| Commissioned: | 1989 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M41 |
| 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)[1] |
| 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 Quorn, the third ship of this name, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 23 January 1988, the last ship of her class.
On Sunday 18 March 2007, she was presented with the Freedom of the Borough scroll in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.[2]
Affiliations
- Ipswich, Suffolk[3]
- Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
- Quorn, Leicestershire
- The Quorn Hunt
References
External links
- Royal Navy - HMS Quorn (royalnavy.mod.uk)
- Additional pictures and videos (spottingworld.com)
Media related to HMS Quorn (M41) at Wikimedia Commons
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