HMS Cottesmore (M32)
 HMS Cottesmore in Lithuanian service as Skalvis (M53) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Cottesmore |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Launched: | 9 February 1982[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Lady Buchanon, wife of Vice Admiral Sir Peter Buchanon |
| Commissioned: | 24 June 1983 |
| Decommissioned: | September 2005 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M32 |
 Lithuania | |
| Name: | Skalvis |
| Operator: | Lithuanian Naval Force |
| Acquired: | 2008 |
| Commissioned: | 2011 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: M53 |
| Fate: | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement: | 750 tons |
| Length: | 60 m |
| Beam: | 9.8 m |
| Draught: | 2.2 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp |
| Speed: | 17 knots |
| Complement: | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Sonar Type 2193 |
| Armament: |
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HMS Cottesmore was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1982 and converted in 1997 into a patrol vessel. The ship was declared surplus to requirement and put on the MoD list for disposal in 2004. In 2008 she was bought by Lithuania, along with Dulverton.
Lieutenant Commander His Royal Highness The Duke of York commanded Cottesmore from April 1993 until November 1994.
She was decommissioned by the Royal Navy in September 2005. The ship's bell and other memorabilia were presented to the village of Cottesmore, Rutland.
The ship entered service with the Lithuanian navy as M53 Skalvis. Thales was the prime contractor to upgrade the vessels with a technologically advanced minehunting system including the hull-mounted Sonar 2193 system, propulsion, command and control systems, and mine disposal systems.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Hunt Class Minesweepers
- ↑ "Lithuanian Navy Hunt Class Commissioning" Press release published 5 June 2013
- ↑ "Thales reactivates minehunters for Lithuanian Navy" Thales press release published 15 July 2013
