HMS Ramsey (M110)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ramsey.
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Name: | HMS Ramsey |
Operator: | Royal Navy |
Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched: | 25 November 1999 |
Sponsored by: | Lady Alynne Dunt,[1] wife of Vice Admiral Sir John Dunt |
Commissioned: | September 2000 |
Homeport: | HMNB Clyde, Faslane |
Identification: | Pennant number: M110 |
Status: | in active service |
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Class and type: | Sandown-class minehunter |
Displacement: | 600 t (590 long tons; 660 short tons)[2] |
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: | Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1523 shp, diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters |
Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement: | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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HMS Ramsey is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. Like other vessels of the Sandown class, Ramsey is built of glass-reinforced plastic and other non-magnetic materials so that her hull does not trigger mines as easily as standard warships.[3][4] She is the third vessel to bear the name.
On 11 March 2009, Ramsey and her sister ship Blyth returned from a two and a half year deployment in the Middle East to their home port at HMNB Clyde. During this time the crews of those ships were rotated on and off with eight different crews based in the UK.[5] She set sail for another deployment in the Middle East on 11 March 2011.[6]
The current commanding officer is Lieutenant Commander Tim Weaver RN.[7]
References
- ↑ HMS Ramsey Accepted into Service - Navy News
- ↑ Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - MCM, globalsecurity.org, Retrieved 8 June 2014
- ↑ Plastic warship HMS Ramsey leaves Faslane for Gulf
- ↑ Sandown Class Minehunters - Naval Technology
- ↑ Sailors receive heroes' welcome after tour of duty in the Gulf - Daily Record
- ↑ Plastic warship HMS Ramsey leaves Faslane for Gulf
- ↑ HMS Ramsey official website, royalnavy.mod.uk
External links
- Royal Navy HMS Ramsey (royalnavy.mod.uk)
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