HMS Cromer (M103)
HMS Cromer is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1992. She was named after the North Norfolk seaside town of the same name.
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Name: | HMS Cromer (M103) |
Namesake: | Cromer, Norfolk |
Operator: | Royal Navy |
Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched: | 6 October 1990 |
Commissioned: | 7 April 1992 |
Decommissioned: | 2001 |
Renamed: | Hindostan in 2001 |
Status: | Training ship |
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Class and type: | Sandown-class minehunter |
Displacement: | 484 tons full |
Length: | 52.5 m |
Beam: | 10.9 m |
Draught: | 2.3 m |
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Speed: | 13 knots diesel, 6.5 knots electric |
Complement: | 34 (7 officers, 27 ratings) |
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HMS Cromer visited Dundee on 6–9 November 1998 (for a Dundee navy day and Armistice Day commemorations) when she was accompanied by various warships from European countries including: Norwegian minelayer/command ship KNM Vidar, Norwegian minesweeper KNM Måløy, Dutch minehunter M 860 Hr.Ms. Schiedam, Belgian minehunter Crocus, Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose and German minesweeper Volkingen.
She was decommissioned in 2001 before being refitted for use as a training ship at the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. In keeping with tradition, for this role the ship has been renamed Hindostan. As she is not a commissioned ship she is not prefixed "HMS".