HMS Shoreham (M112)

	Shoreham off Bahrain in 2021
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Shoreham
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched	9 April 2001
Commissioned	20 July 2002
Decommissioned	October 2022
Homeport	HMNB Clyde
Identification	IMO number: 4906812; MMSI number: 232002833; Callsign: GCVO; Pennant number: M112;
Status	Decommissioned, transferred to Ukraine as Cherkasy
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General characteristics
Class and type	Sandown-class minehunter
Displacement	600 t (590 long tons)
Length	52.5 m (172 ft 3 in)
Beam	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric drive; Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels ; 1,136 kW (1,523 shp); Voith Schneider Propellers, Schottel bow thrusters;
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	34 (accommodation for up to 40)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Type 1007 I-Band; Sonar Type 2093;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	SeaFox mine disposal system; Diver-placed explosive charges;
Armament	1 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 gun; 2 × miniguns; 3 × general purpose machine guns;

HMS Shoreham was a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She was the fifth vessel to bear the name. From 2018 to 2021, Shoreham was deployed at UKNSF Bahrain together with three other mine countermeasures ships as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron on Operation Kipion. In 2022 she was decommissioned and was transferred to Ukraine.

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