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Name | HMS Bicester |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
Launched | 4 June 1985 |
Commissioned | 1988 |
Decommissioned | 2000 |
Identification | Pennant number: M36 |
Fate | Sold to Greece |
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Operator | Hellenic Navy |
Acquired | 2001 |
Identification | Pennant number: M62 |
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Class and type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
Displacement | 750 tons |
Length | 60 m (200 ft) |
Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft) |
Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp |
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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HMS Bicester was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Greek Navy in 2001 as Europa.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mine Countermeasure Vessels". Royal Navy. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "HMS Bicester (M36)". World Naval ships. Retrieved 14 March 2019.