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HMS Hurworth (M39)
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HMS Hurworth (M39)

HMS Hurworth is a Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessel – a minehunter. She plays a vital role in keeping the seas safe around the world.

HMS Hurworth

Role

Led by Lieutenant Commander Alex Knight, minehunters like HMS Hurworth detect and destroy dangers under the water. Her highly trained crew use specialist skills and equipment to keep shipping lanes safe and neutralise threats left from conflicts past.

Adaptable and dependable, HMS Hurworth can be deployed on a range of missions, including protecting lawful maritime enterprise in the Gulf, responding rapidly to developing international crises, or making sure the UK’s sea lanes remain safe and secure.

Capability

A highly skilled smaller ship, Hurworth play a vital part in the worldwide mine countermeasures commitments.

Like her sister ships of the Hunt Class, HMS Hurworth boasts a world-leading mine disposal system, Seafox. This innovative technology – the most proficient system of its type ever invented – makes HMS Hurworth and the Royal Navy’s MCMV contingent the envy other navies across the globe.

Hunt Class

Crew

HMS Hurworth is operated by a compliment of six officers and 39 Ratings and the ship’s Company maintains a high state of readiness thanks to a rigorous training and maintenance programme.

She’s ready to undertake operations at very short notice in locations from the Middle East to the North Atlantic.

Hunt Class

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