HMS Penzance (M106)
HMS Penzance is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She is named after the seaside town of Penzance in Cornwall, and is the fourth vessel to bear the name.
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Name | Penzance |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched | 11 March 1997 |
Commissioned | 14 May 1998 |
Homeport | HMNB Clyde |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Sandown-class minehunter |
Displacement | 600 t (590 long 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 diesel engine 1,523 shp (1,136 kW), diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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HMS Penzance near Kinlochbervie, 2009
In 2000, HMS Penzance was awarded the freedom of the town of Penzance.[3]
In 2020 Penzance deployed long-term to the Persian Gulf, operating as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron from HMS Jufair in Bahrain. In this role, crews for Penzance rotate every four months.[4]
In April 2021 Penzance was involved in a collision with HMS Chiddingfold in Mina Salman, Bahrain. Both vessels remained afloat and were able to berth safely.[5] Penzance returned to U.K. waters from the Persian Gulf in the summer of 2022.[6]
References
- "Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- "In focus: the Fleet Solid Support ship design". Navy Lookout. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- FOI response, released as part of a response from Penzance Town Council to a request made using WhatDoTheyKnow, accessed 13 April 2023.
- Cotterill, Tom (10 June 2020). "HMS Chiddingfold's 47-strong crew is heading to the Gulf from Portsmouth today". The News. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- "Gulf: £100,000 Of Damage After Navy Ships Collision". Forces Network. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- @NavyLookout (21 August 2022). "@HMSPenzance arrives in #Gibraltar this afternoon as she makes her way home from the Gulf" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via Twitter.
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