Name HMS Cromer (M103) Commissioned 7 April 1992 Construction started 8 September 1987 Builder VT Group | Operator Royal Navy Decommissioned 2001 Launched 6 October 1990 | |
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Fate Designated as training ship Class and type Sandown-class minehunter | ||
HMS Cromer was a Sandown-class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1992. She was named after the North Norfolk seaside town of the same name.
HMS Cromer visited Dundee on November 6–9, 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 N 52 KNM Vidar, Norwegian minesweeper KNM Maloy, Dutch minehunter M 860 Hr.Ms. Schiedam, Belgian minehunter M 917 BNS Crocus, Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose and German minesweeper F45 FGS Volkingen.
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. As she is not a commissioned ship she is not prefixed "HMS".