HMS Cromer, after decommissioning, at Britannia Royal Naval College
History
United Kingdom
NameCromer
NamesakeCromer, Norfolk
BuilderVosper Thornycroft
Launched6 October 1990
Commissioned7 April 1992
Decommissioned2001
RenamedHindostan in 2001
IdentificationPennant number: M103
StatusTraining ship
General characteristics
Class and typeSandown-class minehunter
Displacement484 tons full
Length52.5 m (172 ft 3 in)
Beam10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors
  • diesel-electric drive
  • Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp (1,100 kW)
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) diesel
  • 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) electric
Complement34 (7 officers, 27 ratings)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 1007 navigation radar
  • Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar
Armament
  • 1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount
  • 2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns
  • Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers
  • Irvin Aerospace Replica decoy launchers
Notes
  • Mine counter measures equipment:
  • 2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 remotely controlled submarines (ROV)
  • ECA mine disposal system
  • Clearance divers

HMS Cromer is a former Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1992. She was named after the North Norfolk seaside town of the same name.[1]

HMS Cromer visited Dundee on 6–9 November 1998 (for a Dundee navy day and Armistice Day commemorations) when she was accompanied by various warships from European countries including: Norwegian minelayer/command ship HNoMS Vidar, Norwegian minesweeper HNoMS Måløy, Dutch minehunter HNLMS Schiedam, Belgian minehunter Crocus, Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose and German minesweeper Völkingen.[2]

She was decommissioned in 2001 before being refitted for use as a training ship at the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. In keeping with tradition, for this role the ship has been renamed Hindostan.[3] As she is not a commissioned ship she is not prefixed "HMS". In June 2023, she was towed to Portsmouth reportedly for temporary berthing while jetties at Britannia Royal Naval College were refurbished.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Navy News". June 1992 – via Issuu.
  2. ↑ Vessels visiting the Port of Dundee
  3. ↑ "Future of minehunting sails into Dartmouth". Royal Navy. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ↑ @NavyLookout (26 June 2023). "@NavyLookout ex-HMS Cromer arrived in Portsmouth last week - used as Static Training Vessel Hindostan at @DartmouthBRNC" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ @NavyLookout (23 June 2023). "Apache departs from @HMSQNLZ yesterday as ex-HMS Cromer towed into the basin - presumably to await disposal" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 June 2023 – via Twitter.



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