HMS Brocklesby (M33)
1983 Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Brocklesby is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy, her primary purpose is to find and neutralise sea mines using a combination of; Sonar, Mine Clearance Divers and the Seafox remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The class are the largest warships of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) construction, which gives the vessels a low magnetic signature.[3] In addition to her mine countermeasures activities, Brocklesby acts as an offshore patrol vessel, undertaking coastal patrol and fisheries protection duties.
HMS Brocklesby in Portsmouth, October 2008 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Brocklesby |
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 |
Homeport | Portsmouth |
Identification |
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Honours and awards | Al Faw – 2003 |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
Displacement | 750 t (740 long tons)[1] |
Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar C32, 2 × FPP – 757 kW (1,015 hp) |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × MIB diving support boats |
Complement | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
Sensors and processing systems | Sonar Type 2193 |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
From 2018 to 2021 Brocklesby was deployed in Bahrain at HMS Jufair as part of four minehunters of 9th Mine Countermeasures Squadron[4] supported by a Royal Fleet Auxiliary Bay-class landing ship on Operation Kipion.