HMS BROCKLESBY M33 alongside at HMNB Clyde.
Name: HMS BROCKLESBY M33
Operator: Royal Navy
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft
Launched: 12 January 1982
Sponsored by: Viscountess Trenchard, the wife of Viscount Trenchard MC, then Minister of State for Defence Procurement
Completed: 25 October 1982
Commissioned: 3 February 1983
Identification: Pennant number: M33
Honours and awards: Al Faw – 2003
Status: in active service
General characteristics:
Class and type: Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel
Displacement: 750t
Length: 60m (196ft 10in)
Beam: 9.8m (32ft 2in)
Draught: 2.2m (7ft3 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540shp
Speed: 17kn (31km/h; 20mph)
Complement: 45 (6 officers and 39 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems: Sonar Type 2193
Electronic warfare & decoys: SeaFox mine disposal system
Diver-placed explosive charges
Armament: 1 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 gun
2 × Miniguns
3 × General purpose machine guns