HMS Middleton (M34)

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Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Middleton (M34)
Operator:	Royal Navy
Builder:	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Launched:	1983
Commissioned:	1984
Homeport:	HMNB Portsmouth
Fate:	Active in service as of 2008
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hunt class MCMV
Displacement:	750 tons
Length:	60 m
Beam:	9.8 m
Draught:	2.2 m
Propulsion:	2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp
Speed:	17 knots
Complement:	45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems:	Sonar Type 2193, Radar 1007
Armament:	1 × 40 mm Bofors Mark 9, replaced by 1 × 30 mm MSI DS-30B gun
Notes:	Mine counter measures equipment: SeaFox Mine Disposal System MS 14 Magnetic loop Sperry MSSA Acoustic generator K8 Oropesa sweeps

HMS Middleton (M34) is a Hunt-class mine countermeasure vessel (MCMV) of the British Royal Navy. She forms part of the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCM2) based in Portsmouth. Royal Navy/Hunt Class MCMVs

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