HMS Brecon
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Brecon |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched | 1978 |
Commissioned | 18 December 1979 |
Decommissioned | 19 July 2005 |
Identification | Pennant number: M29 |
Status | Training ship[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
Displacement | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons)[2] |
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 kn (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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Armament |
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HMS Brecon is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel that served with the Royal Navy in the mine warfare role and since 2008 is employed as a non-commissioned static training ship at HMS Raleigh. Her pennant number was M29.