HMS Ledbury (M30)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Ledbury.

History
HMS Ledbury in Portsmouth 2007
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Ledbury
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
Identification:	Pennant number: M30
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 2016
General characteristics
Class & 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)
Propulsion:	2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp
Speed:	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement:	45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems:	Sonar Type 2193
Electronic warfare & decoys:	SeaFox mine disposal system Diver-placed explosive charges
Armament:	1 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 gun 2 × Miniguns 3 × General purpose machine guns

HMS Ledbury, the third ship of the name, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel 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 at the time 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 attached to the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron, based in Portsmouth. Ledbury underwent a docking maintenance period, commencing in June 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.

References

↑ Hansard Hand Written Answers, theyworkforyou.com, 1981
1 2 HMS Ledbury (archive), royalnavy.mod.uk
↑ Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - MCM, globalsecurity.org
↑ HMS Ledbury Introduction (archive), royalnavy.mod.uk

External links

Royal Navy - HMS Ledbury (royalnavy.mod.uk)
Media related to HMS Ledbury (M30) at Wikimedia Commons

Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessels

Royal Navy	Atherstone Berkeley Bicester Brecon Brocklesby Cattistock Chiddingfold Cottesmore Dulverton Hurworth Ledbury Middleton Quorn

Hellenic Navy	Europa Kallisto

Lithuanian Naval Force	Skalvis Kuršis

List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy

Commissioned ships of the Royal Navy

Submarines

Vanguard class	Vanguard Victorious Vigilant Vengeance

Trafalgar class	Torbay Trenchant Talent Triumph

Astute class	Astute Ambush

Destroyers

Type 45	Daring Dauntless Diamond Dragon Defender Duncan

Frigates

Type 23	Argyll Lancaster Iron Duke Monmouth Montrose Westminster Northumberland Richmond Somerset Sutherland Kent Portland St Albans

Amphibious
warfare ships

Albion-class LPD	Albion Bulwark

Ocean-class LPH	Ocean

Mine counter
measures vessels

Sandown class	Penzance Pembroke Grimsby Bangor Ramsey Blyth Shoreham

Hunt class	Ledbury Cattistock Brocklesby Middleton Chiddingfold Atherstone Hurworth Quorn

Patrol vessels

Ice patrol vessel	Protector

River class	Mersey Severn Tyne Clyde

Archer class	Archer Biter Smiter Blazer Puncher Charger Ranger Trumpeter Express Example Explorer Exploit Tracker Raider Pursuer Dasher

Scimitar class	Scimitar Sabre

Survey vessels

Ocean survey vessel	Scott

Echo class	Echo Enterprise

Survey launch	Gleaner

Miscellaneous
vessels

Type 82	Bristol (static training vessel)

Ship of the line	Victory (flagship of the First Sea Lord)

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