HMS Penzance is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She is named after the seaside town of Penzance in Cornwall, and is the fourth vessel to bear the name. In 2020 Penzance deployed long-term to the Persian Gulf, operating as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron from HMS Jufair in Bahrain. In this role, crews for Penzance rotate every four months.
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| - HMS Penzance is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She is named after the seaside town of Penzance in Cornwall, and is the fourth vessel to bear the name. In 2020 Penzance deployed long-term to the Persian Gulf, operating as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron from HMS Jufair in Bahrain. In this role, crews for Penzance rotate every four months. (en)
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| - * SeaFox mine disposal system
* Diver-placed explosive charges (en)
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| - *Diligenter Pensa
*"Diligent thought" (en)
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* Sonar Type 2093 (en)
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| - * 1 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 gun
* 2 × Miniguns
* 3 × General purpose machine guns (en)
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*Callsign: GCUI
*Pennant number: M106 (en)
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| - * Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesel engine , diesel-electric drive, Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters (en)
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| - HMS Penzance is a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1998. She is named after the seaside town of Penzance in Cornwall, and is the fourth vessel to bear the name. In 2020 Penzance deployed long-term to the Persian Gulf, operating as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron from HMS Jufair in Bahrain. In this role, crews for Penzance rotate every four months. In April 2021 Penzance was involved in a collision with HMS Chiddingfold in Mina Salman, Bahrain. Both vessels remained afloat and were able to berth safely. Penzance returned to U.K. waters from the Gulf in the summer of 2022. (en)
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| - *"Diligent thought"
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