HMS Pembroke (M107)
HMS Pembroke
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| Name: | HMS Pembroke |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 12 December 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 6 October 1998 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Clyde |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M107 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Sandown-class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 600 t (590 long tons; 660 short tons) |
| 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 diesels 1523 shp, diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters |
| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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HMS Pembroke is a Sandown-class minehunter of the Royal Navy. She was the second ship launched of the second batch of the class, which had several improvements over the first five ships built. The ship was posted for three years to the Persian Gulf between 2009 and 2012. Pembroke has since been deployed in international exercises and in historic ordnance detection in home waters.
The Sandown-class minehunter was designed to complement the existing Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel, by providing a cheaper alternative and specific mine hunting service. The Sandown-class vessels were delivered in two batches, with the first five ships delivered by Vosper Thornycroft to the Royal Navy by November 1994. The company was then awarded the contract for a second batch of seven vessels, of which Pembroke was the second.
Ships of the Sandown-class had a hull constructed from glass reinforced plastic, and equipment on-board have a low magnetic signature. While under normal circumstances, the ship operates on diesel engines, when operating near mines she uses an electric drive system. In addition to the bow thrusters, she is also equipped with a Voith Schneider cyclorotor. Further anti-mine equipment includes the Seafox mine disposal system. Ships of the class were each equipped with a single 30mm DS30M Mk2 gun.
Pembroke was constructed at the Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton, England. She was used for shock trials on the improvements made to the second batch of Sandown-class minehunters.
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