For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ramsey.

HMS Ramsey was a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. Like other vessels of the Sandown class, Ramsey was built of glass-reinforced plastic and other non-magnetic materials so that her hull does not trigger naval mines as easily as standard warships.[3][4]

She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy named after the eponymous town on the Isle of Man.

On 11 March 2009, Ramsey and her sister ship Blyth returned from a 2+1⁄2-year deployment in the Middle East to their home port at HMNB Clyde. During this time the crews of those ships were rotated on and off with eight different crews based in the UK.[5] She set sail for another deployment in the Middle East on 11 March 2011.[3]

In 2020, Blyth participated in the annual NATO BALTOPS exercise, remaining later in the Baltic with a NATO minewarfare group.[6][7]

Ramsey and Blyth were decommissioned in joint ceremony at Rosyth on 4 August 2021.[8] The Royal Navy announced in 2021 that following a refit by Babcock she will be transferred to the Ukrainian Navy,[9] but later reports suggest she will go to the Romanian Navy.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "HMS Ramsey Accepted Into Service". Navy News. Archived from the original on 3 March 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Plastic warship HMS Ramsey leaves Faslane for Gulf". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Sandown Class". Naval-Technology.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ Stewart, Stephen (11 March 2009). "Sailors receive heroes' welcome after tour of duty in Gulf". Daily Record. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Royal Navy warships complete Baltic exercise". Royal Navy. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Minehunter HMS Ramsey returns to Scotland after NATO deployment". Royal Navy. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  8. ^ McRoberts, Ally (12 August 2021). "Rosyth: Royal Navy mine hunters decommissioned at dockyard". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Thank you Blyth and Ramsey for your service as minehunters pay off". Royal Navy. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  10. ^ Lookout, Naval. "Navy".
  11. ^ @NavyLookout (20 October 2022). "Ex-HMS Ramsey and HMS Blyth have been sold to the Romanian Navy" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 October 2022 – via Twitter.

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