&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Atherstone_at_Portsmouth_Harbour.jpg) HMS Atherstone
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Atherstone |
| Namesake | Atherstone |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton |
| Launched | 1 March 1986 |
| Sponsored by | Amy Jarvis, wife of the then Deputy Controller of the Royal Navy |
| Commissioned | 17 January 1987 |
| Decommissioned | 14 December 2017 |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
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| Nickname(s) | The Crazy A |
| Fate | Sold |
| Badge | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Atherstone_(M38)_Badge.png){kind=icon} |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons)[1] |
| Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp (2,640 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
| Sensors and processing systems | Sonar Type 2193 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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HMS Atherstone was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy, the third ship to bear the name. Built by Vosper Thornycroft shipbuilders at Woolston, Southampton, it was launched on 1 March 1986 by Amy Jarvis, the wife of Pat Jarvis, CB, the Deputy Controller of the Navy at the Ministry of Defence, and commissioned on 17 January 1987.[2] It was the tenth ship of its class.
- ^ "Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "HMS Atherstone". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2019.