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| Career (UK) |
 |
| Name: |
HMS Hurworth |
| Operator: |
Royal Navy |
| Builder: |
Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: |
25 September 1984 |
| Sponsored by: |
Lady Anne Halifax,[1] wife of Admiral Sir David Halifax KCB, KCVO, KBE |
| Commissioned: |
2 July 1985[2] |
| Homeport: |
HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| Identification: |
Pennant number: M39 |
| Status: |
in active service, as of 2013[update] |
| General characteristics |
| Class & type: |
Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement: |
750 tons |
| Length: |
60 m |
| Beam: |
9.8 m |
| Draught: |
2.2 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp |
| Speed: |
17 knots |
| Complement: |
45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
Sonar Type 2193 |
| Armament: |
- 30mm automatic small calibre gun
- 2 × Mk44 minigun
- 3 × 7.62mm general purpose machine guns
Mine counter measures equipment:
- SeaFox mine disposal system
- Diver-placed explosive charges
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HMS Hurworth is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy.
On 2 March 2009, she was the centrepiece of the festivities to mark the 800th anniversary of the granting of a freedom charter by King John to Great Yarmouth.[3]
Affiliations [edit]
See also [edit]
Media related to HMS Hurworth (M39) at Wikimedia Commons
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References [edit]
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Media related to HMS Hurworth (M39) at Wikimedia Commons
