HMS Brecon (M29)
HMS Brecon | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Brecon |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | 1978 |
| Commissioned | 18 December 1979 |
| Decommissioned | 19 July 2005 |
| Identification | Pennant number: M29 |
| Status | Training ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons) |
| Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp (2,640 kW) |
| Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Sonar Type 2193 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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HMS Brecon is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel that served with the Royal Navy in the mine warfare role and since 2008 is employed as a non-commissioned static training ship at HMS Raleigh. Her pennant number was M29.