HMS Ledbury (M30)
HMS Ledbury on Operation Kipion, 2020 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Ledbury |
| Ordered | 31 March 1977 |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | December 1979 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Elizabeth Berthan |
| Commissioned | 11 June 1981 |
| Homeport | HMS Jufair, Bahrain |
| Identification | |
| Motto | Mors Mina ("Death to Mines") |
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| Status | Ship in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons) |
| 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 × Caterpillar C32, 2 × FPP – 757 kW (1,015 hp) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × MIB Diving Support Boats |
| Complement | 45 (5 officers & 39 ratings) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Sonar Type 2193 |
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HMS Ledbury, the second ship of the name, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched in December 1979 and commissioned on 11 June 1981, the second ship of her class. She cost £65 million at time of building, which was at the time the most expensive cost-per-metre for any class of ship built by the Royal Navy. Most of this cost went into the research and development of Ledbury's glass reinforced plastic hull.