Name HMS Ledbury Ordered 31 March 1977 Commissioned 11 June 1981 Length 60 m Weight 750 tons Builder VT Group | Operator Royal Navy Sponsored by Lady Elizabeth Berthan Homeport Portsmouth Launched December 1979 Draft 2.2 m | |
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HMS Ledbury, the third ship of the name, is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the Royal Navy. She was launched on December 1979 and commissioned on 11 June 1981, the second ship of her class. She cost £65 million at time of building, which was at the time the most expensive cost-per-metre for any class of ship built by the Royal Navy. Most of this cost went into the research and development of Ledbury's glass reinforced plastic hull.
She is attached to the Second Mine Countermeasures Squadron, based in Portsmouth. Ledbury underwent a docking maintenance period, commencing in June 2009, to fit the new Seafox mine disposal equipment. This new equipment (replacing the French built PAP RCMDS) is a significant improvement in both mine detection and disposal technology.