HMS Atherstone (M38)
HMS Atherstone was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy, the third ship to bear the name. Built by Vosper Thornycroft shipbuilders at Woolston, Southampton, it was launched on 1 March 1986 by Amy Jarvis, the wife of Pat Jarvis, CB, the Deputy Controller of the Navy at the Ministry of Defence, and commissioned on 17 January 1987. It was the tenth ship of its class.
HMS Atherstone | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Atherstone |
| Namesake | Atherstone |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton |
| Launched | 1 March 1986 |
| Sponsored by | Amy Jarvis, wife of the then Deputy Controller of the Royal Navy |
| Commissioned | 17 January 1987 |
| Decommissioned | 14 December 2017 |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | The Crazy A |
| Fate | Sold |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons) |
| Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp (2,640 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
| Sensors and processing systems | Sonar Type 2193 |
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