HMS Sandown M 101

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General

Sandown Class Minehunter

Builder:
Vosper Thornycroft

Type:	Minehunter
Displacement: 600 t (590 long tons; 660 short 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 diesels
1,523 shp (1,136 kW)
Diesel-electric drive
Combimac electric motors 100kW
Voith Schneider Propellers
Schottel bow thrusters

Speed:	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement:	34 to 40)

Sensors and processing systems:	
Radar Type 1007 I-Band/Kelvin Hughes Ltd 
SharpEye navigation radar

Sonar Type 2093

Electronic warfare & decoys:	
SeaFox mine disposal system
Diver-placed explosive charges

Royal Navy Service

Armament:	
1 × 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
3 × Miniguns
2 × General purpose machine guns

Estonian Navy Service
	
1 x ZU-23-2 23 mm autocannon
2 × Browning 12.7 mm machine guns
3 x Rheinmetall MG 3 7.62 mm machine gun

As of 08 April 2024

In class
HMS
Sandown   M101 - Transferred to Estonian Navy
Inverness M102 - Transferred to Estonian Navy
Cromer    M103 - Training ship at Britannia Royal Naval College (as Hindostan)
Walney    M104 - Decommissioned
Birdport  M105 - Transferred to Estonian Navy
Penzance  M106 - Decommissioned
Pembroke  M107 - Ttransferred to Romanian Navy
Grimsby   M108 - Transferred to Ukraine Navy
Bangor    M109 - Damaged by collision, January 2024
Ramsey    M110 - Transferred to Romanian Navy
Blyth     M111 - Transferred to Romanian Navy
Shoreham  M112 - Transferred to Ukraine Navy
--
Royal Saudi Navy
Al Jawf  420
Shaqra   422
Al Kharj 424
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Estonian Navy
Admiral Cowan M313 - Ex Sandown   M101
Sakala        M314 - Ex Inverness M102
Ugandi        M315 - Ex Birdport  M105
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Romanian Navy
Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu M270 - Ex Blyth M111
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Ukraine Navy
Chernihiv - M310 - Ex Grimsby M108
Cherkasy - M311 - Ex Shoreham  M112

