HMS Penzance (M106)

HMS Penzance was a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She was named after the seaside town of Penzance in Cornwall, and was the fourth vessel to bear the name. She was decommissioned in January 2024.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Penzance.

HMS Penzance off Bahrain, 2021
History
United Kingdom
NamePenzance
BuilderVosper Thornycroft
Launched11 March 1997
Commissioned14 May 1998
HomeportHMNB Clyde
Identification
  • MMSI number: 234626000
  • Callsign: GCUI
  • Pennant number: M106
Motto
  • Diligenter Pensa
  • "Diligent thought"
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeSandown-class minehunter
Displacement600 t (590 long tons)
Length52.5 m (172 ft 3 in)
Beam10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
PropulsionPaxman Valenta 6RP200E diesel engine 1,523 shp (1,136 kW), diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement34 (accommodation for up to 40)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar Type 1007 I-band
  • Sonar Type 2093
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • SeaFox mine disposal system
  • Diver-placed explosive charges
Armament
  • 1 × 30mm DS30B S30GM1
  • 2 × Miniguns (may be replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023)
  • 3 × General purpose machine guns
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