M-106 Penzance

Country: United Kingdom

Class, [Type]: Sandown, [SRMH].

Builder: Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, U.K.

Launch date: 11th March 1997.

Commission date: 14th May 1998.

Decommission date: 2024.

Displacement ( tons ): 450 standard, 484 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 52,5 x 10,5 x 2,3

Main machinery: 2 x Paxman Valenta 6RPA 200 EM diesel ( 1.500 hp ), 2 x Voith-Schneider.

Speed ( knots ): 13 diesel; 6,5 electric.

Range ( miles ): 2.600 at 11 knots.

Complement: 34 ( 5 officers ) plus 6 spare places.

Guns: 1x 30mm/75 DES-30B.

Radar: Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, I band.

Sonar: Marconi Type 2093.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Wallop Barricade 57mm launchers; Minehunting: 2 x PAP 104 Mk 5. ESM: MEL Matilda UAR 1.

Callsign: GCUI ()

Homeport: Faslane.

Unit: 3rd Mine Countermeasures Squadron..

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