Sandown class minehunter
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Sandown |
| Builders: | Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston |
| Operators: |  Royal Navy Royal Saudi Navy Estonian Navy |
| In service: | 1989 |
| Building: | 2 |
| Completed: | 15 |
| Active: | 12 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Single Role Mine Hunter |
| Displacement: | 484 tons |
| Length: | 52.5 m |
| Beam: | 10.9 m |
| Draught: | 2.3 m |
| Propulsion: | Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1523 shp, diesel-electric drive Voith Schneider Propellers Schottel bow thrusters |
| Speed: | 13 kts diesel, 6.5 kts electric |
| Complement: | 34 (7 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Kelvin Hughes 1007 navigation radar Thales 2093 variable-depth sonar |
| Armament: | 30 mm KCB gun 7.62 mm GPMG machine guns Remote controlled submersibles as mine countermeasures |
The Sandown class is a class of minehunter originally built for the British Royal Navy (RN). Sandown-class vessels also serve with the Royal Saudi Navy and the Estonian Navy (Merevägi). The first vessel commissioned into RN service on June 9, 1989 and all the British ships are named after coastal towns and cities.
These small (53 m) fibreglass vessels are single role mine hunters (SRMH) rather than minesweepers. 12 ships were built for the RN and 3 ships were exported to Saudi Arabia. Three RN vessels were decommissioned following the Strategic Defence Review in 2003; HMS Sandown (January 2005), Inverness (April 2005) and Bridport (July 2004). A further ship, HMS Cromer, was decommissioned and transferred to a training role at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England in 2001 as Hindostan.
The three decommissioned vessels were sold to Estonia in September 2006. They will be re-equipped with TCS (Tactical Control System) and the Atlas Elektronik Seafox ROV for mine disposal. The sonar system will be also be updated. The first ship, delivered in 2007, has been named the Admiral Cowan[1] , the second is scheduled to be delivered in March 2008 and the last in February or March 2009.
[edit] Ships
| Name | Pennant | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Home port | Status |
| Royal Navy | ||||||
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| Sandown | M101 | Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston | 1988 | 1989 | Sold to Estonia | |
| Inverness | M102 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1990 | 1991 | Sold to Estonia | |
| Cromer | M103 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1990 | 1992 | Dartmouth | Training Ship |
| Walney | M104 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1991 | 1992 | Faslane | Active |
| Bridport | M105 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1992 | 1993 | Sold to Estonia | |
| Penzance | M106 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1997 | 1998 | Faslane | Active |
| Pembroke | M107 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1997 | 1998 | Faslane | Active |
| Grimsby | M108 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1998 | 1999 | Faslane | Active |
| Bangor | M109 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1999 | 1999 | Faslane | Active |
| Ramsey | M110 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1999 | 2000 | Faslane | Active |
| Blyth | M111 | Vosper Thornycroft | 2000 | 2001 | Faslane | Active |
| Shoreham | M112 | Vosper Thornycroft | 2001 | 2001 | Faslane | Active |
| Royal Saudi Arabian Navy | ||||||
| Al Jawf | Vosper Thornycroft | |||||
| Shaqra | Vosper Thornycroft | |||||
| Al Kharj | Vosper Thornycroft | |||||
| Estonian Navy | ||||||
| Admiral Cowan | M313 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1988 | 2007 | Tallinn | Active |
| Sakala | M314 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1990 | Tallinn | Under modernisation | |
| Ugandi | M315 | Vosper Thornycroft | 1992 | Tallinn | Under modernisation | |
[edit] References
- Britain's Modern Royal Navy, Paul Beaver, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1996, ISBN 1-85260-442-5
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