HMS Penzance (M106)
HMS Penzance off Bahrain, 2021 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Penzance |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | 11 March 1997 |
| Commissioned | 14 May 1998 |
| Homeport | HMNB Clyde |
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| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sandown-class minehunter |
| Displacement | 600 t (590 long tons) |
| 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 diesel engine 1,523 shp (1,136 kW), diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
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HMS Penzance was a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She was named after the seaside town of Penzance in Cornwall, and was the fourth vessel to bear the name. She was decommissioned in January 2024.