HMS Brocklesby (M33)

History
UK
Name	HMS Brocklesby (M33)
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched	12 January 1982
Sponsored by	Viscountess Trenchard, the wife of Viscount Trenchard MC, then Minister of State for Defence Procurement
Completed	25 October 1982
Commissioned	3 February 1983
Honours and awards	Al Faw - 2003
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt class MCMV
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 2x Mk44 minigun 3x 7.62mm general purpose machine guns SA80 rifles Seafox MDS Diver placed explosive charges
Notes	Mine counter measures equipment: SeaFox Mine Disposal System MS 14 Magnetic loop Sperry MSSA Acoustic generator K8 Oropesa sweeps

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Brocklesby.

HMS Brocklesby (M33) is a Hunt-class mine countermeasure vessel (MCMV) of the British Royal Navy.

She gained her most recent battle honour when she was among the first coalition Ships into Um Qasr during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She was part of a group of mine countermeasure vessels who cleared a mined channel into the port, enabling access to it by sea.