|
Naval Technology - Sandown Class - Minehunter (966 words) |
 | Batch 2 Series: HMS Penzance (M106) was commissioned on 14th May 1998; HMS Pembroke (M107) in November 1998; Grimsby (M108) in 2000; Bangor (M109) and Ramsey (M110) in 2001 and Blythe (M111) in 2002. |
 | HMS Bridport one of the Sandown Class Minehunters. |
 | HMS Penzance (M106) the initial ship in the second batch of Royal Navy Sandown class minehunters built by Vosper Thornycroft. |
| HMS Penzance : Sandown Class : Mine Countermeasure : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : Royal Navy (185 words) |
 | Launched by HRH Princess Michael of Kent on the 11 March 1997, the current HMS Penzance was commissioned on 14 May 1998 and is the fourth to bear the name. |
 | Nine days later intercepted by U37, Penzance was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of her captain and 89 men. |
 | Penzance and her crew are commemorated on memorials at Chatham Cathedral and the Cathedral in Trinidad's Port of Spain. |