| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ramsey (M110) |
| 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 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2010[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 (M110) is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She is the third vessel to bear the name.
On 11 March, 2009, HMS Ramsey and HMS Blyth returned from a two and a half year deployment in the Middle East to their homeport at HMNB Clyde. During this time the crews of those ships were rotated on and off with eight different crews based in the UK.[2]
Current Commanding Officer is Lieutenant Commander Sarah West RN.[3]
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