HMS Ramsey (M110)

From MedBib.com - Medicine & Nature

HMS Ramsey (M110)
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
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]

External links

References

  1. ^ HMS Ramsey Accepted into Service - Navy News
  2. ^ Sailors receive heroes' welcome after tour of duty in the Gulf - Daily Record
  3. ^ HMS Ramsey's Commanding Officer - Royal Navy




This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
All material adapted used from Wikipedia is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
Seeking health information online: does Wikipedia matter?