HMS Shoreham (M112)

HMS Shoreham is a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She is the fifth vessel to bear the name.

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

HMS Shoreham leads a MCM convoy in the Persian Gulf, 2012
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Shoreham
Operator: Royal Navy
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft
Launched: 9 April 2001
Commissioned: 20 July 2002
Homeport: HMS Jufair, Bahrain
Identification:
Status: 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: Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels 1523 shp, diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters
Speed: 13 kn (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:

Shoreham 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.

Operational history

2001-2010

Shoreham was accepted into service on 28 November 2001 and commissioned in a ceremony in her namesake port on 20 July 2002.

2011-Present

In 2012, Shoreham deployed to the Gulf to join the 9th Mine Countermeasures squadron based in Bahrain. She returned to Faslane on 28 August 2015 after three years away.[3]

Shoreham entered refit in Rosyth in 2016 for repair work to her hull. Other work carried out included installing a new galley, fitting a new fire detection system and improving the high-pressure air system. She was handed back to the Royal Navy in January 2017.[4]

In spring 2017, Shoreham deployed with NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1), operating around Northern Europe. During the course of this deployment Shoreham, the last of the Sandown Class to be built exercised with the former HMS Sandown, the first, now operated by the Estonian Navy as Admiral Cowan.[5]

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.
  3. "HMS Shoreham returns from Gulf deployment". Royal Navy. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. "'Like new' Shoreham emerges from six-month revamp". Royal Navy. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. "Oldest and newest Sandown-class minehunters meet up in Estonia". Royal Navy. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.



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