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Kormoran 2-class minehunterlarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source58.5 m (191 ft 11 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Kormoran 2-class minehunter | Sandown-class minehunter |
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| Power | — | Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1,523 shp (1,136 kW) Diesel-electric drive Combimac electric motors 100kW Voith Schneider Propellers Schottel bow thrusters[source] |
| Builders | Remontowa Shipbuilding SA[source] | Vosper Thornycroft , Woolston[source] |
| Operators | Marynarka Wojenna[source] | Royal Navy Estonian Navy Royal Saudi Navy Ukrainian Navy Romanian Naval Forces[source] |
| Preceded by | Project 206FM[source] | Ton-class minesweeper |
Sandown-class minehunterlarger figure on 1 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
52.5 m (172 ft 3 in)[source]
Range
Single source2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Completed | 15[source] |
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| Active | 11+ (1 Royal Navy, 3 each Estonian and Royal Saudi Navies; 2 transferred to Ukraine and 2+ being transferred to Romania)[source] |
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| Type | Minehunter[source] | Minehunter[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU diesels 2 × Voith-Schneider (cycloidal) propulsion systems[source] | — |
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| Armament | Temporarily:*1 × ZU-23-2MR (two 23 mm guns and two Grom missiles) - first unit, to be replaced with the OSU-35K system at the next major renovation, 3 × WKM-Bm machine guns Final:*1 × OSU-35K 35 mm weapon station, Grom MANPADS, 3 × WKM-Bm machine guns[source] | 1 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm gun 3 × Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023) 2 × General purpose machine guns[source] |
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| Country of origin | Polen[source]Design origin explicitly attributed in article text | United Kingdom[source] United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 13, row 2, cell 4; revision 1374498456; retrieved 2026-10-02 United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 22, row 17, cell 3; revision 1377558300; retrieved 2026-10-01 |
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| Name | — | Sandown class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Future command and support vessels for autonomous systems , Autonomous minehunting systems[source] |
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| In service | — | 1989[source] |
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| Laid up | — | 1 (Royal Navy static training vessel)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Radar Type 1007 I-Band/Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar Sonar Type 2093[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | SeaFox mine disposal system Diver-placed explosive charges[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | These small (53 m; 174 ft) fibreglass vessels are single role mine hunters (SRMH) rather than minesweepers. Twelve ships were built for the Royal Navy and three ships were exported to Saudi Arabia . Three Royal Navy vessels were decommissioned following the Strategic Defence Review in 2003; Sandown (January 2005), Inverness (April 2005) and Bridport (July 2004). A further ship, Cromer , was decommissioned and transferred to a training role at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 2001 as Hindostan .[source]Sandown-class minehunter · Development; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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