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        Middleton

        HMS Middleton

        HMS Middleton, Mine Countermeasures Vessel (MCMV), detects, investigates, and destroys sea-bed threats with the use of high powered sonar, remote underwater vehicles and divers. HMS Middleton is one of eight Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels that forms part of the Royal Navy’s Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCM2) based in Portsmouth.

        HMS Middleton

        The minehunter returned home to Portsmouth in August 2012 after spending three years on duty in the Gulf.

        Her most recent trip was closer to home - she berthed off HMS Belfast on the Thames in November last year to host MPs, dignitaries and business leaders, and to take part in Remembrance Sunday events at Southwark Cathedral in Greenwich and St Anne's in Limehouse.

        Middleton will spend 2013 undergoing a mid-life upkeep and re-engineering period with her Deltic engines being replaced by the new and more efficient Caterpillar C32 ACERT engines which, when the work is completed will significantly enhance her ability to deliver front line capability.

        OPERATIONS

        Operation Gulf MCMV

        CURRENT STATUS: COMPLETED
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        MISSION SUMMARY

        In support of wider British efforts in the region, minehunters are providing the capability to conduct route survey, sea-bed clearance, and mine clearance operations all over the Gulf. The operation also aims to provide a visible naval presence in a region where stability and good relations with local nations is vital. Much of the UK’s oil and gas, as well as other products, come from the Gulf region and as such these efforts are of vital importance to our economy and lifestyle.

        Maintenance

        CURRENT STATUS: active
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        MISSION SUMMARY

        In maintenance: Currently undergoing an upkeep period to prepare the ship for continued duties with the Fleet by maintaining and improving our engines, weapons and communications systems.

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        HMS Middleton
        • NATO exercises for MCMs in the Gulf30/03/11

          Minehunters Middleton and Pembroke joined NATO’s Maritime Mine Counter Measures Group 2 to be put through their paces in the Gulf during the final part of a month long exercise. Exercise Inas Bahr (Friendly Seas) sought to share best practice in mine hunting and to foster relations between participating nations.

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        ABOUT THE UNIT

        KEY STATISTICS


        Pennant

        M34

        Displacement

        685tonnes

        Complement

        45personnel

        Length

        60Metres

        Beam

        10metres

        Draught

        3.4metres

        Top Speed

        15knots

        Range (Nautical)

        1500miles

        Launch Date

        27/04/83

        Commissioned date

        15/08/84

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        HMS Middleton

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        HMS Middleton HISTORY

        TRACK THE HISTORY OF SHIPS NAMED HMS Middleton
        • Once a Lord...

          Little known fact – one ship carried the name HMS Lord Middleton. She was a requisitioned naval trawler, taken over by the Admiralty in 1939 and saw service during World War 2.

        • Services

          The mine countermeasures vessel HMS Middleton is the second ship to be named after the Middleton Hunt. The first, a Hunt-class destroyer (L74) was launched during World War 2 and decommissioned in 1958.

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