HMS Blyth (M111)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Blyth.

HMS Blyth (M111)
HMS Blyth in the Persian Gulf, 2008
Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	HMS Blyth
Operator:	Royal Navy
Builder:	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched:	4 July 2000
Commissioned:	28 February 2001
Homeport:	HMNB Clyde
Identification:	Pennant number: M111
Status:	in active service, as of 2022
General characteristics
Class & type:	Sandown-class minehunter
Displacement:	484 tons full
Length:	52.5 m
Beam:	10.9 m
Draught:	2.3 m
Propulsion:	2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors diesel-electric drive Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp
Speed:	13 knots diesel, 6.5 knots electric
Complement:	34 (5 officers, 27 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 1007 navigation radar Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar
Armament:	1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount 2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers Irvin Aerospace Replica Decoy launchers
Notes:	Mine counter measures equipment: SeaFox mine disposal system Clearance divers

HMS Blyth is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She is the second vessel to bear the name.The first being a Bangor class minesweeper of the Second World War,pennant number J15.

Along with her sister ship, Ramsey, she has been deployed to the Middle East on Operation Aintree in 2007 and 2008 to test the class capabilities in the hot climate and maintain force operational capability in the region. Crews from other Sandown-class vessels are rotated through the 2 ships.

HMS Blyth in the Firth of Clyde, with Kilcreggan in the background

External links

• Royal Navy site

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