4889 x 3254 px | 41,4 x 27,6 cm | 16,3 x 10,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
23 juillet 2016
Informations supplémentaires:
HMS Blyth is one of the Royal Navy’s seven Sandown-class Mine Counter Measure Vessels (MCMV), base ported at Faslane, Scotland. These small (53 m (174 ft)) fibreglass vessels are single role mine hunters (SRMH) rather than minesweepers. Twelve ships were built for the Royal Navy and three ships were exported to Saudi Arabia. Three Royal Navy vessels were decommissioned following the Strategic Defence Review in 2003; Sandown (January 2005), Inverness (April 2005) and Bridport (July 2004). A further ship, Cromer, was decommissioned and transferred to a training role at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in 2001 as Hindostan. The three decommissioned vessels were sold to Estonia in September 2006. They were re-equipped with TCS (Tactical Control System) and the Atlas Elektronik Seafox ROV for mine disposal.
