HMS Penzance (M106)
Appearance
![]() 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 |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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 Template:Sclass- 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.
In 2020 HMS 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 HMS Penzance rotate every four months. [2]
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