HMS_Cromer_(M103)

HMS <i>Cromer</i> (M103)

HMS Cromer (M103)

Minesweeper of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cromer.

HMS Cromer is a former Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1992. She was named after the North Norfolk seaside town of the same name.[1]

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HMS Cromer visited Dundee on 6–9 November 1998 (for a Dundee navy day and Armistice Day commemorations) when she was accompanied by various warships from European countries including: Norwegian minelayer/command ship HNoMS Vidar, Norwegian minesweeper HNoMS Måløy, Dutch minehunter HNLMS Schiedam, Belgian minehunter Crocus, Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose and German minesweeper Völkingen.[2]

She was decommissioned in 2001 before being refitted for use as a training ship at the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. In keeping with tradition, for this role the ship has been renamed Hindostan.[3] As she is not a commissioned ship she is not prefixed "HMS". In June 2023, she was towed to Portsmouth reportedly for temporary berthing while jetties at Britannia Royal Naval College were refurbished.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Navy News". June 1992 – via Issuu.
  2. [2]
    Vessels visiting the Port of Dundee
  3. [3]
    "Future of minehunting sails into Dartmouth". Royal Navy. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. [4]
    @NavyLookout (26 June 2023). "@NavyLookout ex-HMS Cromer arrived in Portsmouth last week - used as Static Training Vessel Hindostan at @DartmouthBRNC" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 June 2023 – via Twitter.
  5. [5]
    @NavyLookout (23 June 2023). "Apache departs from @HMSQNLZ yesterday as ex-HMS Cromer towed into the basin - presumably to await disposal" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 June 2023 – via Twitter.



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