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HMS Brocklesby
HMS Brocklesby is one of eight Hunt-class Mine Countermeasures Vessels (MCMVs) based in Portsmouth. Built by Vosper Thornycroft from glass re-inforced plastic, Brocklesby was launched in 1982 and commissioned 13 months later. The third Ship to bear the name, she won her most recent battle honours clearing sea-lanes in to Umm Qasr in Iraq during Operation Telic in 2003.
vincit amor patriae – Love of country conquers.
Ship's Motto
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HMS Brocklesby
NE06_0254,LA ( PHOT) JJ Massey, FRPU(N).HMS Brocklesby sails from HMNB Clyde for the final time.Shes leaving for sunnier climbs to new home ports as part of the MCM1/MCM3 handover.HMS Brocklesby is a Hunt Class Mine sweeper and her primary role at Faselane was part of the Northern Ireland spuadron. LA(PHOT) JJ MasseyCROWN COPYRIGHTFleet Photographic Unit NorthHMNB ClydeFaslaneG84 8HL01436 674321 Ext.3415
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Sea Drills
Spring 2012 found the minehunter in action at the largest military exercise in Europe - Joint Warrior held off the west coast of Scotland. She worked alongside sister ships HMS Bangor, Atherstone, Grimsby and Shoreham cleared the Firth of Forth of dummy mines.
In early 2011 she joined Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) along with her NATO European brethren, conducting Historical Ordinance Disposal, Route Survey and Maritime Security in the Mediterranean.
Since then she has acted in support of Operation Unified Protector and UNSCR 1973 to enforce the arms embargo off Libya and helped protect the Libyan population.
She is the first Royal Navy MCMV to conduct live Mine Disposal Operations in response to specific mining since 2003.
COMMANDING OFFICER
Stuart Yates
- RANK:
- Lieutenant Commander
- JOINED:
- 1997
- SPECIALISATION:
- Warfare
- PREVIOUS UNITS:
- HMS Ark Royal, HMS Albion
Military experience
Lieutenant Commander Stuart Yates joined the Royal Navy in 1997 after gaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Studies at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University.
After initial Officer training and Fleet time in HM Ships Brocklesby and Birmingham, Stuart joined HMS Liverpool as an Officer of the Watch in 1999 deploying with NATO’s Standing Naval Force Mediterranean.
Sub-specialising as a Fleet Navigating Officer, he joined HMS Leeds Castle in 2001, deployed to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. In 2002 he was selected for an exchange appointment to the US Navy serving as Navigation Officer of the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill. He enjoyed a challenging and varied appointment with deployments to Canada, the US and to the Mediterranean in support of Op Iraqi Freedom.
Following three months in HMS Cornwall, he attended the Initial Command and Staff Course (Maritime) and Principal Warfare Officers’ Course, qualifying in December 2005. pecialising in Above Water Warfare, he joined the Amphibious Flagship HMS Albion as the Gunnery Officer seeing service in West Africa (Op Vela) and the Baltic.
In 2007 Stuart completed further specialist training as an Air Warfare Officer before becoming the Operations Officer of HMS Nottingham on deployment to the South Atlantic. After 12 months he moved over to HMS Edinburgh as the Senior Warfare Officer conducting operations in the lead up to her refit.
In 2009 he assumed the appointment of Senior Warfare Officer in the Carrier Strike Group Flagship, HMS Ark Royal, conducting Task Group and Carrier Strike operations in the Eastern Seaboard for the UK-led multinational AURIGA 10 deployment.
Following Ark Royal, Stuart was appointed as N5 (Future Plans) to the Commander of the United Kingdom Task Group (COMUKTG) and was the lead planner for the Responsive Force Task Group (RFTG) COUGAR 11 deployment. Deployed in HMS Albion, COMUKTG planned and executed operations both in the Middle East and in the Mediterranean in support of Op Ellamy off Libya.
Selected for Command in 2011, he joined the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron in Command of Crew 3 and HMS Middleton in February 2013.
Stuart lives in Worcestershire with his wife and young family.
OPERATIONS
Alongside
CURRENT STATUS: active
Currently alongside in port.
ABOUT THE UNIT
KEY STATISTICS
- Pennant
M33
- Displacement
700tonnes
- Complement
45personnel
- Length
60Metres
- Beam
10metres
- Draught
4metres
- Top Speed
14knots
- Range (Nautical)
1300miles
- Launch Date
12/01/82
- Commissioned date
03/02/83
- Number of Ratings
40
TAKE A LOOK
HMS Brocklesby
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Royal navy takes part in minehunting ex
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MINA SALMAN PEIR, Bahrain, (May 11, 2013) Capt. Andy Elvin, RN, deputy commander, Commander Task Force 52, UK Mine Countermeasures, speaks to multinational servicemembers aboard USS Ponce (LPD 15) prior to the start of the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise. IMCMEX 13 includes navies from more than 40 countries whose focus is to promote regional security through mine countermeasure operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Keen/Released)
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Royal Navy takes part in huge multinational minehunting exercise
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Royal Navy takes part in huge multinational minehunting exercise
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Royal Navy takes part in huge multinational minehunting exercise
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Royal Navy takes part in huge multinational minehunting exercise
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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Billy Ho/Released):The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) conducts a replenishment at sea with the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment oiler RFA Fort Victoria (A387)
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Royal navy takes part in minehunting ex
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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Billy Ho/Released):he guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) approaches the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment oiler RFA Fort Victoria (A387)
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U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Marissa Myatt/Released;An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) safety boat from EOD Platoon 601, assignedto Commander, Task Force 56.1, trails behind RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009)
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U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Marissa Myatt/Released):A Riverine Command Boat (RCB) from Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 enters thewell deck of RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009)
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U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Marissa Myatt/Released:Cameramen from international media outlets capture an MH-60S Sea Hawk fromHelicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 landing aboard RFA Cardigan Bay(L3009)
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U.S. Navy photoby Lt. Cmdr. T. Scot Cregan/Released:RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) steams in the background during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 13.
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LChef Brown receives his commendation from the Chief of Joint Operations Rear Admiral David Steel
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Concentration during Sea Drills
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Looking On
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Rear Admiral Surface Ships formally presented HMS Brocklesby the Efficiency Pennant Award
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Rear Admiral Surface Ships formally presented HMS Brocklesby the Efficiency Pennant Award
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Rear Admiral Surface Ships formally presented HMS Brocklesby the Efficiency Pennant Award.
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Rear Admiral Surface Ships formally presented HMS Brocklesby the Efficiency Pennant Award.
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Rear Admiral Surface Ships formally presented HMS Brocklesby the Efficiency Pennant Award.
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HMS Brocklesby - 'the jewel in the crown' of the Navy's mission off Libya - home safely
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HMS BROCKLESBY HOMECOMINGFriends and families of sailors on HMS Brocklesby lined the jetty at 2 basin in HMNB Portsmouth today (04 Jul 11) to greet their loved ones as they returned from a 6 month deployment of the Gulf and Libya.
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HMS Brocklesby - 'the jewel in the crown' of the Navy's mission off Libya - home safely
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HMS BROCKLESBY HOMECOMING Friends and families of sailors on HMS Brocklesby lined the jetty at 2 basin in HMNB Portsmouth today (04 Jul 11) to greet their loved ones as they returned from a 6 month deployment of the Gulf and Libya. *** Local Caption *** Able Seaman (Mine Warfare) Simon Clarke greeted his girlfriend Laura Chapman, with flowers on the jetty.
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HMS Brocklesby - 'the jewel in the crown' of the Navy's mission off Libya - home safely
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HMS BROCKLESBY HOMECOMING Friends and families of sailors on HMS Brocklesby lined the jetty at 2 basin in HMNB Portsmouth today (04 Jul 11) to greet their loved ones as they returned from a 6 month deployment of the Gulf and Libya. *** Local Caption *** Sarah Ross and her two children Erin and Niamh wait on the jetty for LET (ME) Ross.
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HMS Brocklesby - 'the jewel in the crown' of the Navy's mission off Libya - home safely
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HMS BROCKLESBY HOMECOMING Friends and families of sailors on HMS Brocklesby lined the jetty at 2 basin in HMNB Portsmouth today (04 Jul 11) to greet their loved ones as they returned from a 6 month deployment of the Gulf and Libya. *** Local Caption *** Able Seaman (Mine Warfare) Macdonald waves to his family on the jetty as the ship goes alongside.
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HMS Brocklesby - 'the jewel in the crown' of the Navy's mission off Libya - home safely
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HMS BROCKLESBY HOMECOMING Friends and families of sailors on HMS Brocklesby lined the jetty at 2 basin in HMNB Portsmouth today (04 Jul 11) to greet their loved ones as they returned from a 6 month deployment of the Gulf and Libya. *** Local Caption *** Petty Officer Barnes was greeted on the jetty by his wife Annie and two children Caitlin and Olivia.
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HMS Brocklesby identifying and destroying a mine during her recent tour of operations off Libya
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HMS Brocklesby identifying and destroying a mine during her recent tour of operations off Libya
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HMS Brocklesby identifying and destroying a mine during her recent tour of operations off Libya
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Leading Chef Gavin Brown and Will Torrent cooking up a storm in HMS Brocklesby’s galley
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Leading Chef Gavin Brown
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Finished Article
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NE06_0254,LA ( PHOT) JJ Massey, FRPU(N).HMS Brocklesby sails from HMNB Clyde for the final time.Shes leaving for sunnier climbs to new home ports as part of the MCM1/MCM3 handover.HMS Brocklesby is a Hunt Class Mine sweeper and her primary role at Faselane was part of the Northern Ireland spuadron. LA(PHOT) JJ MasseyCROWN COPYRIGHTFleet Photographic Unit NorthHMNB ClydeFaslaneG84 8HL01436 674321 Ext.3415
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