HMS Shoreham (M112)
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| Name: | HMS Shoreham (M112) |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 9 April 2001 |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 2001 |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| 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 |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Shoreham.
HMS Shoreham (M112) is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She is the fifth vessel to bear the name.
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