Sandown class minehunter

Sandown class minehunter

The "Sandown" class is a class of minehunter originally built for the British Royal Navy (RN). "Sandown"-class vessels also serve with the Royal Saudi Navy and the Estonian Navy (Merevägi). The first vessel commissioned into RN service on June 9 1989 and all the British ships are named after coastal towns and cities.

These small (53 m) fibreglass vessels are single role mine hunters (SRMH) rather than minesweepers. 12 ships were built for the RN and 3 ships were exported to Saudi Arabia. Three RN vessels were decommissioned following the Strategic Defence Review in 2003; HMS "Sandown" (January 2005), "Inverness" (April 2005) and "Bridport" (July 2004). A further ship, HMS "Cromer", was decommissioned and transferred to a training role at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England in 2001 as "Hindostan".

The three decommissioned vessels were sold to Estonia in September 2006. They will be re-equipped with TCS (Tactical Control System) and the Atlas Elektronik Seafox ROV for mine disposal. The sonar system will be also be updated. The first ship, delivered in 2007, has been named the "Admiral Cowan" [http://web-static.vm.ee/static/failid/021/ER_39.pdf] , the second, delivered in 2008, has been named "Sakala" and the last is scheduled for February or March 2009.

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References

* "Britain's Modern Royal Navy", Paul Beaver, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1996, ISBN 1-85260-442-5


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