| HMS Shoreham (M112) | |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | HMS Shoreham |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 9 April 2001 |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 2001 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M112 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Sandown-class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 600 t (590 long tons)[1] |
| Length: | 52.5 m (172 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range: | 2,500 nm at 12 knots |
| 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: SeaFox Mine Disposal System Clearance divers |
HMS Shoreham is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She is the fifth vessel to bear the name. From 2018 to 2021, Shoreham was deployed at HMS Jufair together with three other mine countermeasures ships as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron[2] on Operation Kipion.
Operational history[]
2001–2010[]
Shoreham was accepted into service on 28 November 2001 and commissioned in a ceremony in her namesake port on 20 July 2002.
2011–present[]
In 2012, Shoreham deployed to the Persian Gulf to join the 9th Mine Countermeasures squadron based in Bahrain. She returned to Faslane on 28 August 2015 after three years away.[3]
Shoreham entered refit in Rosyth in 2016 for repair work to her hull. Other work carried out included installing a new galley, fitting a new fire detection system and improving the high-pressure air system. She was handed back to the Royal Navy in January 2017.[4]
In spring 2017, Shoreham deployed with NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1), operating around Northern Europe. During the course of this deployment Shoreham, the last of the Sandown class to be built, took part in naval exercises with the former HMS Sandown, now operated by the Estonian Navy as Admiral Cowan.[5]
From 2018 to 2021, Shoreham served with 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron operating from HMS Jufair in the Persian Gulf. In August 2021, Shoreham returned to the U.K having been relieved by her sister ship HMS Bangor.[6]
In May 2022, Shoreham embarked on a final short tour of the UK ahead of her planned decomissioning.[7]
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References[]
- ↑ "Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". 11 July 2011. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/hms-sandown-specs.htm.
- ↑ "RFA Cardigan Bay's winter in the Gulf". Royal Navy. 29 January 2020. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2020/january/29/200129-cardigan-in-the-gulf.
- ↑ "HMS Shoreham returns from Gulf deployment". Royal Navy. 1 September 2015. http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2015/september/01/150901-hms-shoreham-returns-home.
- ↑ "'Like new' Shoreham emerges from six-month revamp". Royal Navy. 23 December 2016. http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/december/23/161223-hms-shoreham-emerges-from-revamp.
- ↑ "Oldest and newest Sandown-class minehunters meet up in Estonia". Royal Navy. 18 May 2017. http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/may/18/170518-sandown-class-minehunters-meet-up-in-estonia.
- ↑ "HMS Middleton & Shoreham Leaving Bahrain After Three Years". Seawaves Magazine. 20 August 2021. https://seawaves.com/?p=14274.
- ↑ https://www.navylookout.com/hms-shoreham-the-next-royal-navy-minehunter-to-decommission/
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