HMS Penzance (M106)

HMS Penzance (M106)

HMS Penzance near Kinlochbervie, 2009

Career (UnitedKingdom)
Name: Operator: Builder: Launched: Commissioned: Homeport: Identification: Motto: Status: HMS Penzance Royal Navy Vosper Thornycroft 11 March 1997 14 May 1998 HMNB Clyde Pennant number: M106 Diligenter Pensa "Diligent thought" in active service, as of 2013[1]

General characteristics
Class & type: Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Sandown-class minehunter 484tons full 52.5m 10.9m 2.3m 2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors diesel-electric drive Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500shp 13knots diesel, 6.5knots electric 34 (7 officers, 27 ratings) Type 1007 navigation radar Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar 1 Oerlikon 30mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount 2 7.62mm L7 GPMG machine guns Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers

Speed: Complement: Sensors and processing systems: Armament:

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Mine counter measures equipment: SeaFox Mine Disposal System Clearance divers

Notes:

HMS Penzance is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She is named after the Cornwall seaside town of Penzance, and is the fourth vessel to bear the name.

External links
Media related to HMS Penzance (M106) at Wikimedia Commons Royal Navy site [2]

References
[1] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ w/ index. php?title=HMS_Penzance_(M106)& action=edit [2] http:/ / www. royal-navy. mod. uk/ server/ show/ nav. 2108

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Article Sources and Contributors

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