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HMS Hurworth (M39)

HMSHurworth operating in the English Channel

Career (UK)

Name: HMSHurworth

Operator: Royal Navy

Builder: Vosper Thornycroft

Launched: 25 September 1984

Sponsored by: Lady Anne Halifax,[1]

wife of Admiral Sir David Halifax KCB, KCVO, KBE

Commissioned: 2 July 1985[2]

Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire

Identification: Pennant number: M39

Status: in active service, as of 2013[3]

General characteristics

Class & type: Hunt-classmine countermeasures vessel

Displacement: 750 tons

Length: 60 m

Beam: 9.8 m

Draught: 2.2 m

Propulsion: 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp

Speed: 17 knots

Complement: 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)

Sensors and

processing systems:

Sonar Type 2193

Armament: 30mm automatic small calibre gun

2 Mk44 minigun

3 7.62mm general purpose machine guns

Mine counter measures equipment:

SeaFox mine disposal system

Diver-placed explosive charges

HMSHurworth is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy.

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On 2 March 2009, she was the centrepiece of the festivities to mark the 800th anniversary of the granting of a

freedom charter by King John to Great Yarmouth.[4]

Affiliations

Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington[5]

External links

RoyalNavy.mod.uk HMS Hurworth Page[6]

References

[1] HMS Hurworth - Ship's Sponsor (http://www.royalnavy. mod. uk/server/show/nav. 2016)

[2] Hunt Class MCMVs (http://www.btinternet. com/~warship/Today/hunt. htm)

[3] http:/ /en. wikipedia. org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hurworth_(M39)& action=edit

[4] Warship helps to mark Great Yarmouth charter weekend (http://new.edp24. co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&

category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline& tCategory=news& itemid=NOED01 Mar 2009 19:23:21:970)

[5] HMS Hurworth Affiliated with Hurworth-on-Tees Village (http://www.hurworth. org. uk/hms_hurworth. htm)

[6] http:/ /www.royalnavy. mod. uk/sitecore/content/home/the-fleet/ships/patrol-and-minehunters/hunt-class/hms-hurworth

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Image Sources, Licenses and ContributorsFile:HMS Hurworth MOD 45151313.jpg Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:HMS_Hurworth_MOD_45151313.jpg License: unknown Contributors: F, HJ Mitchell

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