Sandown-class minehunter

1. Sandown-class minehunter · Wikipedia revision 1364123372 ↗

   Name

   Infobox · Name

   Sandown class

   Builders

   Infobox · Builders

   Vosper Thornycroft , Woolston

   Operators

   Infobox · Operators

   Royal Navy Estonian Navy Royal Saudi Navy Ukrainian Navy Romanian Naval Forces

   Preceded by

   Infobox · Preceded by

   Ton-class minesweeper

   Succeeded by

   Infobox · Succeeded by

   Future command and support vessels for autonomous systems , Autonomous minehunting systems

   In service

   Infobox · In service

   1989

   Completed

   Infobox · Completed

   15

   Active

   Infobox · Active

   11+ (1 Royal Navy, 3 each Estonian and Royal Saudi Navies; 2 transferred to Ukraine and 2+ being transferred to Romania)

   Laid up

   Infobox · Laid up

   1 (Royal Navy static training vessel)

   Type

   Infobox · Type

   Minehunter

   Displacement

   Infobox · Displacement

   600 t (590 long tons; 660 short tons)

   Length

   Infobox · Length

   52.5 m (172 ft 3 in)

   Beam

   Infobox · Beam

   10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)

   Draught

   Infobox · Draught

   2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)

   Propulsion

   Infobox · Propulsion

   Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1,523 shp (1,136 kW) Diesel-electric drive Combimac electric motors 100kW Voith Schneider Propellers Schottel bow thrusters

   Speed

   Infobox · Speed

   13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)

   Complement

   Infobox · Complement

   34 (accommodation for up to 40)

   Sensors & processing systems

   Infobox · Sensors & processing systems

   Radar Type 1007 I-Band/Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar Sonar Type 2093

   Electronic warfare & decoys

   Infobox · Electronic warfare & decoys

   SeaFox mine disposal system Diver-placed explosive charges

   Armament

   Infobox · Armament

   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 measurement

   Article text · Development · p 2

   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 .

2. Wikidata contributors ↗

   Country of origin

   Structured reference · explicit country of origin (P495) statement

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3. Wikipedia ↗

   Country of origin

   List of equipment of the Estonian Defence Forces · Ships · Mine countermeasures vessels · table 13, row 2 · revision 1374498456 · Origin column 4

   Sandown -class EML Admiral Cowan EML Sakala EML Ugandi United Kingdom Minehunter Three ships purchased from the United Kingdom in 2006. Modernized between 2018 and 2020 to extend the service lives of the ships to 2035.

4. Wikipedia ↗

   Country of origin

   List of equipment of the Romanian Armed Forces · Naval Forces · Sea fleet · Mine warfare (7 in service ) · table 22, row 17 · revision 1377558300 · Origin column 3

   Sandown United Kingdom Minehunter M270 Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu M271 Căpitan Constantin Dumitrescu 2023 2025 Ex-HMS Blyth, transferred on 27 September 2023. Ex-HMS Pembroke transferred on 4 August 2025.

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