HMS Middleton (M34)
HMS Middleton in Portsmouth | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Middleton |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Launched | 27 April 1983 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Blake |
| Commissioned | 4 July 1984 |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification |
|
| Status | Ship in active service |
| 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 × Caterpillar C32 ACERT diesels |
| Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Sonar Type 2193 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
|
| Armament |
|
_(Portsmouth).jpg){kind=link}
HMS Middleton is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy. As of 2021, she forms part of 9th Mine Countermeasures Squadron operating out of HMS Jufair in Bahrain.
The ship was launched by Lord and Lady Blaker in 1983: Lady Blaker remains the patron of the ship.