HMS Blyth (M111)

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.

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

HMS Blyth in 2006
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Blyth
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft
Launched: 4 July 2000
Commissioned: 28 February 2001
Homeport: HMS Jufair, Bahrain
Identification:
Status: Ship in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Sandown-class minehunter
Displacement: 600 t (590 long tons; 660 short tons)[1]
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:
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 34 (accommodation for up to 40)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar Type 1007 I-Band
  • Sonar Type 2093
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • SeaFox mine disposal system
  • Diver-placed explosive charges
Armament:

Along with her sister ship, Ramsey, she was 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 were rotated through the two ships.

HMS Blyth is now permanently based at HMS Jufair as part of 4 Minehunters of 9th Mine Countermeasures Squadron[2] supported by a Royal Fleet Auxiliary Bay Class on Operation Kipion.

References
  1. "Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. "RFA Cardigan Bay's winter in the Gulf". www.royalnavy.mod.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2020.



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