HMS Middleton (M34)
HMS Middleton in Portsmouth | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Middleton |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Launched | 27 April 1983 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Blake |
| Commissioned | 4 July 1984 |
| Home port | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification |
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| Status | Commissioned but inactive; may be relegated to uncrewed reserve |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
| Displacement | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons) |
| Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar C32 ACERT diesels |
| Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Sonar Type 2193 |
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HMS Middleton is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy. As of 2021 she formed part of 9th Mine Countermeasures Squadron operating out of HMS Jufair in Bahrain. She was returned to Britain in early 2026.
The ship was launched by Lord and Lady Blaker in 1983: Lady Blaker remains the patron of the ship.