Name HMS Bridport (M105) Builder Vosper Thornycroft Commissioned 6 November 1993 | Operator Royal Navy Launched 20 July 1992 Decommissioned 2004 | |
HMS Bridport (M105) was a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She was decommissioned in 2004, and sold to the Estonian Navy.
Career
Bridport was built by Woolston Yard of Southampton-based shipbuilders Vosper Thornycroft as one of the 12 ship class of Sandown-class minehunters.
In July 2004, the UK Ministry of Defence announced that as part of the restructuring of the Navy, the two oldest and one other Sandown-class minehunters would be retired by April 2005. Bridport was decommissioned and was then laid up awaiting a buyer or disposal. In September 2006, Estonia signed a contract to acquire the three vessels.
The former HMS Bridport was modernized and overhauled in Bay 1 of the Syncrolift at Rosyth. She was formally handed over to the Estonian Navy in April 2007, and was renamed: EML Ugandi.