EML Admiral Cowan

EML Admiral Cowan (M313) is a Sandown-class minehunter. Formerly HMS Sandown, lead ship of her class of the Royal Navy, she is now an Estonian Navy ship. Renamed EML Admiral Cowan, she is the flagship of the Estonian Navy and part of the Estonian Navy's mine sweeping flotilla. Admiral Cowan is the lead vessel of the Estonian Navy Mineships Division and also the first of the three modernised Sandown class minehunters received.

EML Admiral Cowan M313
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Sandown (M101)
OperatorRoyal Navy
BuilderVosper Thornycroft
Launched16 April 1988
Sponsored byBirgitte, Duchess of Gloucester
Commissioned9 June 1989
Decommissioned2005
FateSold to Estonia
Estonia
NameEML Admiral Cowan (M313)
NamesakeAdmiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan
OperatorEstonian Navy
AcquiredApril 2007
MottoAd Omnia Paratus
Statusin active service, as of 2019
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeSandown class minehunter
Displacement450 tons full
Length52.6 m (173 ft)
Beam10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 x Paxman Valenta 6RPA200M diesels,
  • 3 x Rolls-Royce (Perkins) CV8-250G drives
  • 2 x Combimac electric motors (100 kWh)
  • 2 x Voith-Schneider propulsors
  • 2 x Schottel bow thrusters
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) diesel
  • 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) electric
Complement7 officers, 29 sailors
Crew36
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Plessey Nautis M C2 system, later replaced by Thales M-CUBE
  • Type 1007 navigation radar
  • Thales 2093 hull mounted mine hunting sonar, later replaced by Thales 2193
Armament
  • 1 x ZU-23-2 23 mm autocannon
  • 2 × Browning 12.7 mm machine guns
  • 3 x Rheinmetall MG 3 7.62 mm machine guns
Notes
  • Mine counter measures equipment:
    • Atlas Elektronik Seafox MIDS
    • Klein Marine Systems System 5000 side scan sonar
    • Remus 100 AUV
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