HMS Penzance (M106)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Penzance.
.jpg) HMS Penzance near Kinlochbervie, 2009 | |
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| Name: | HMS Penzance |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 11 March 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 14 May 1998 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M106 |
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| Status: | in active service, as of 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Propulsion: | Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1523 shp, diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters |
| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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HMS Penzance is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She is named after the Cornwall seaside town of Penzance, and is the fourth vessel to bear the name.
References
- ↑ Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - MCM, globalsecurity.org, Retrieved 8 June 2014
External links
- Royal Navy HMS Penzance (royalnavy.mod.uk)
Media related to HMS Penzance (M106) at Wikimedia Commons
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