HMS Cromer (M103)

	HMS Cromer, after decommissioning, at Britannia Royal Naval College
History
United Kingdom
Name	Cromer
Namesake	Cromer, Norfolk
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched	6 October 1990
Commissioned	7 April 1992
Decommissioned	2001
Renamed	Hindostan in 2001
Identification	Pennant number: M103
Status	Training ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Sandown-class minehunter
Displacement	484 tons full
Length	52.5 m (172 ft 3 in)
Beam	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts Voith-Schneider propulsors; diesel-electric drive; Paxman Valenta diesels, 1,500 shp (1,100 kW);
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) diesel; 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) electric;
Complement	34 (7 officers, 27 ratings)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Type 1007 navigation radar; Type 2093 variable-depth mine hunting sonar;
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 30 mm KCB gun on DS-30B mount; 2 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG machine guns; Wallop Defence Systems Barricade Mk. III countermeasure launchers; Irvin Aerospace Replica decoy launchers;
Notes	Mine counter measures equipment:; 2 × ECA PAP 104 Mk.5 remotely controlled submarines (ROV); ECA mine disposal system; Clearance divers;

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]

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

^ "Navy News". June 1992 – via Issuu.
^ Vessels visiting the Port of Dundee
^ "Future of minehunting sails into Dartmouth". Royal Navy. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ @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.
^ @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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[1] "Navy News". June 1992 – via Issuu.

[2] Vessels visiting the Port of Dundee

[3] "Future of minehunting sails into Dartmouth". Royal Navy. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[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] @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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v t e Sandown-class minehunters
Royal Navy	Bangor Blyth Bridport Cromer Grimsby Inverness Pembroke Penzance Ramsey Sandown Shoreham Walney
Estonian Navy	Admiral Cowan (ex-Sandown) Sakala (ex-Inverness) Ugandi (ex-Bridport)
Romanian Naval Forces	Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu (ex-Blyth)
Royal Saudi Navy	Al Jawf Al Kharj Shaqra
Ukrainian Navy	Chernihiv (ex-Grimsby) Cherkasy (ex-Shoreham)
Preceded by: Ton-class minesweeper Followed by: Castle class List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy