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HMS Ledbury (M30)

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HMS Ledbury in Portsmouth 2007
History
RN EnsignUK
NameHMS Ledbury (M30)
OperatorRoyal Navy
Ordered31 March 1977[1]
BuilderVosper Thornycroft
LaunchedDecember 1979
Sponsored byLady Elizabeth Berthan[2]
Commissioned11 June 1981
HomeportPortsmouth
Honours and
awards		Malta(1942) Arctic(1942-3) Sicily(1943) Salerno(1943) Adriatic(1944) Aegean(1944) Kuwait(1991) Al Faw(2003)
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeHunt class MCMV
Displacement750 tons
Length60 m
Beam9.8 m
Draught2.2 m
Propulsion2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp
Speed15 knots
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 x Gemini
Complement43 (5 Officers, 9 Senior Ratings, 29 Junior Ratings)
Sensors and
processing systems		Sonar Type 2193, Radar Type 1007
Armament
  • 30mm automatic small calibre gun
  • 2x Mk44 minigun
  • 3x 7.62mm general purpose machine guns
  • SA80 rifles
  • Seafox MDS
  • Diver placed explosive charges
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Mine counter measures equipment:
2 × PAP remotely controlled submarines (ROV)
MS 14 Magnetic loop
Sperry MSSA Acoustic generator
K8 Oropesa sweeps
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ledbury.

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HMS Ledbury (M30), the third ship of the name, is a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was launched on December 1979 and commissioned on 11 June 1981, the second ship of her class. She cost £65 Million at time of building, which was the most expensive cost per metre for any class of ship built by the Royal Navy.[2] Most of this cost went into the research and development of Ledbury's Glass Reinforced Plastic Hull.[4]

She is currently[when?] attached to the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCM2), based in Portsmouth. Ledbury underwent a docking maintenance period, commencing Jun 2009, to fit the new 'Seafox' Mine disposal equipment. This new equipment (replacing the French built PAP RCMDS) is a significant improvement in both mine detection and disposal technology.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=1981-10-27.336.5
  2. ^ a b http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/mine-countermeasure/hunt-class/hms-ledbury/
  3. ^ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/mine-countermeasure/hunt-class/hms-ledbury/news/
  4. ^ http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/mine-countermeasure/hunt-class/hms-ledbury/introduction/introduction


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