For other ships of the same name, see HMS Ramsey.
HMS Ramsey (M110) | |
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Career (United Kingdom) | |
Name: | HMS Ramsey |
Operator: | Royal Navy |
Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched: | 25 November 1999 |
Sponsored by: | Lady Alynne Dunt,[1] wife of Vice Admiral Sir John Dunt |
Commissioned: | September 2000 |
Homeport: | HMNB Clyde, Faslane |
Identification: | Pennant number: M110 |
Status: | in active service, as of 2022[update] |
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 (7 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 Ramsey is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. Like other vessels of the Sandown class, Ramsey is built of glass-reinforced plastic and other non-magnetic materials so that her hull does not trigger mines as easily as standard warships.[2][3] She is the third vessel to bear the name.
On 11 March 2009, Ramsey and her sister ship Blyth returned from a two and a half year deployment in the Middle East to their home port at HMNB Clyde. During this time the crews of those ships were rotated on and off with eight different crews based in the UK.[4] She set sail for another deployment in the Middle East on 11 March 2011.[5]
The current commanding officer is Lieutenant Commander Alex Bush RN.[6]
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References
- ↑ HMS Ramsey Accepted into Service - Navy News
- ↑ Plastic warship HMS Ramsey leaves Faslane for Gulf
- ↑ Sandown Class Minehunters - Naval Technology
- ↑ Sailors receive heroes' welcome after tour of duty in the Gulf - Daily Record
- ↑ Plastic warship HMS Ramsey leaves Faslane for Gulf
- ↑ HMS Ramsey's Commanding Officer - Royal Navy
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