&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Penzance_deployed_on_Op_KIPION_MOD_45167661.jpg) HMS Penzance off Bahrain, 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | Penzance |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | 11 March 1997 |
| Commissioned | 14 May 1998 |
| Homeport | HMNB Clyde |
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| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sandown-class minehunter |
| Displacement | 600 t (590 long tons)[1] |
| Length | 52.5 m (172 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion | Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesel engine 1,523 shp (1,136 kW), diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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HMS Penzance was a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She was named after the seaside town of Penzance in Cornwall, and was the fourth vessel to bear the name. She was decommissioned in January 2024.[3]
- ^ "Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "In focus: the Fleet Solid Support ship design". Navy Lookout. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ @NavyLookout (20 January 2024). "@NavyLookout HMS Bangor is the last Sandown class MCMV left in RN service. Images recently released of HMS Penzance decommissioning ceremony held before she left Faslane for the final time on 9th January" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 January 2024 – via Twitter.