HMS Cromer (M103)

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

HMS Cromer after decommissioning at Britannia Royal Naval College (right), with HMS Blazer (left)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cromer (M103)
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched	6 October 1990
Commissioned	7 April 1992
Decommissioned	2001
Fate	Designated as training ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Sandown-class minehunter
Displacement	484 tons full
Length	52.5 m
Beam	10.9 m
Draught	2.3 m
Propulsion	2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors diesel-electric drive Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp
Speed	13 knots diesel, 6.5 knots electric
Complement	34 (7 officers, 27 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems	Type 1007 navigation radar Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount 2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers
Notes	Mine counter measures equipment: 2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 remotely controlled submarines (ROV) ECA mine disposal system Clearance divers

HMS Cromer was a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1992. She was named after the North Norfolk seaside town of the same name.

HMS Cromer visited Dundee on November 6–9, 1998 (for a Dundee navy day and Armistice Day commemorations) when she was accompanied by various warships from European countries including: Norwegian minelayer/command ship N 52 KNM Vidar, Norwegian minesweeper KNM Maloy, Dutch minehunter M 860 Hr.Ms. Schiedam, Belgian minehunter M 917 BNS Crocus, Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose and German minesweeper F45 FGS Volkingen.

She was decommissioned in 2001 before being refitted for use as a training ship at the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. In keeping with tradition, for this role the ship has been renamed Hindostan. As she is not a commissioned ship she is not prefixed "HMS".