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Name: Operator: Builder: Launched: Sponsored by: Completed: Commissioned: Identification: Honours and awards: Status: HMS Brocklesby Royal Navy Vosper Thornycroft 12 January 1982 Viscountess Trenchard, the wife of Viscount Trenchard MC, then Minister of State for Defence Procurement 25 October 1982 3 February 1983 Pennant number: M33 Al Faw - 2003
General characteristics
Class & type: Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Complement: Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel 750tons 60m 9.8m 2.2m 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540shp 17knots 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)
Armament:
30mm automatic small calibre gun 2 Mk44 minigun 3 7.62mm general purpose machine guns SeaFox mine disposal system Diver-placed explosive charges
HMS Brocklesby is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy.
Operational History
Cherbourg incident
In 1993 she became involved in the Cherbourg incident, when Brocklesby challenged the French trawler La Calypso in the Channel Islands waters.[2]
References
[1] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ w/ index. php?title=HMS_Brocklesby_(M33)& action=edit [3] History of HMS Brocklesby (http:/ / www. royalnavy. mod. uk/ operations-and-support/ surface-fleet/ mine-countermeasure/ hunt-class/ hms-brocklesby/ history/ ) [6] http:/ / www. mod. uk/ DefenceInternet/ DefenceNews/ MilitaryOperations/ HmsBrocklesbyReturnsFromLibyaMission. htm
License
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