The mine counter measures vessel HMS Cattistock operated by the Royal Navy enters Portsmouth naval dockyard.
The Mine Hunter HMS Cattistock is a Hunt class ship of the Royal Navy. Minehunters are the smaller fighting ships of the Royal Navy. The world-leading mine countermeasures ships keep the sealanes safe from unexploded ordnance. The Hunt-class live up to their name, minehunters. Using high-definition sonar, they hunt the world’s seabeds for mines and lost explosives, which are then destroyed by the Hunt-class ship’s own clearance diving teams or the Seafox mine-disposal system. The small, but perfectly-formed ships boast glass-reinforced plastic hulls to conceal their presence from the lurking underwater threat of sea-mines. Although relatively small at just 750 tonnes, the Hunts are valuable assets for the Navy’s fleet. These ships clear the way of mines to allow safe passage for larger forces, swiftly detecting and destroying any hidden dangers from sea lanes. Portsmouth is the home of the Hunt-class fleet of mine-countermeasures vessels, or MCMVs. HMS Cattistock, like her sisters, is built from glass-reinforced plastic, usually shortened to GRP, with a non-magnetic hull that makes her somewhat less noticeable to the lurking dangers in the minefield. Cattistock was built by Vosper Thornycroft, and commissioned into the Navy in June 1982. The first half of 2012 has seen HMS Cattistock busy in UK coastal waters, with two visits to her affiliated town of Poole, and support to Bristol during its Harbour Festival.
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