HMS Middleton (M34)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Middleton .
_(Portsmouth).jpg) HMS Middleton in Portsmouth | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Middleton |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow |
| Launched: | 27 April 1983[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Lady Blaker |
| Commissioned: | 4 July 1984[2] |
| Homeport: | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M34 |
| 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: |
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HMS Middleton is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy. She forms part of the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron based in Portsmouth.
The ship was launched by Lord and Lady Blaker in 1983: Lady Blaker remains the patron of the ship. [4]
Affiliations
- Middleton, Rochdale
- Middleton and Chadderton Sea Cadets - TS Tremadoc Bay
Rochdale Sea Cadets - T'S Frobisher I I
References
- ↑ Navy News - HMS Middleton
- ↑ This is Middleton - HMS Middleton
- ↑ Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - MCM, globalsecurity.org
- ↑ "‘Lucky’ lady sees her ship off to the Gulf". Middleton Guardian.
External links
- Royal Navy - HMS Middleton (royalnavy.mod.uk)
Media related to HMS Middleton (M34) at Wikimedia Commons
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