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HMS Quorn (M41)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Quorn.
HMS Quorn in 2001
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Quorn
OperatorRoyal Navy
BuilderVosper Thornycroft
Launched23 January 1988
Sponsored byLady Rosemary Thompson
Commissioned1989
IdentificationPennant number: M41
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeHunt-class mine countermeasures vessel
Displacement750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons)[1]
Length60 m (196 ft 10 in)
Beam9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
Draught2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Propulsion2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp
Speed17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)
Sensors and
processing systems		Sonar Type 2193
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • SeaFox mine disposal system
  • Diver-placed explosive charges
Armament
Entering Portsmouth harbour

HMS Quorn, the third ship of this name, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 23 January 1988, the last ship of her class.

On Sunday 18 March 2007, she was presented with the Freedom of the Borough scroll in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.[2]

Affiliations

References

  1. ^ Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - MCM, globalsecurity.org
  2. ^ Day in the Life of the Mayor of the Borough of Melton Councillor
  3. ^ Ipswich to get another warship


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