HMS Berkeley (M40)
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Name | HMS Berkeley |
Namesake | Berkeley Hunt[1] |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
Yard number | 4256 |
Launched | 3 December 1986 |
Acquired | 20 November 1987 |
Commissioned | 14 January 1988 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 2001 |
Identification | Pennant number: M40 |
Fate | Sold to Greece |
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Name | Kallisto (Greek: Ν/ΘΗ Καλλιστώ) |
Namesake | Kallisto |
Commissioned | 28 February 2001 |
Out of service | 27 October 2020 |
Identification | Pennant number: M63 |
Status | Wreck |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel |
Displacement | 750 t (740 long tons; 830 short tons)[2] |
Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in)[1] |
Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel engines, 3,540 shp (2,640 kW) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Complement | 45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)[2] |
Sensors and processing systems | Sonar Type 2193 |
Armament | 1 × 40 mm gun Mark 9, replaced by 1 × 30 mm MSI DS-30B gun |
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HMS Berkeley was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy. She was sold to the Hellenic Navy in 2001 and was commissioned as HS Kallisto. On 27 October 2020, she was cut in two in a collision with a container ship.
Description
The Hunt class was designed as being capable of both conventional minesweeping and minehunting, and following on from the success of the experimental glass-reinforced plastic (GRP)-hulled minesweeper/minehunter Wilton, were also built from GRP in order to reduce their magnetic signature, being the largest GRP-hulled ships built at the time of construction.[3]
The Hunts were 60.0 m (196 ft 10 in)
The original design armament for the ships was a single
History
She was the twelfth of the thirteen Hunt-class vessels, and was built as Yard No.4256 by
Berkeley was commissioned on 14 January 1988,
She was sold to the Hellenic Navy, then handed over and commissioned as Kallisto, after the mythological nymph of that name, on 28 February 2001.[6][7]
On 27 October 2020, after sailing from Salamis Naval Base, HS Kallisto was severely damaged in a collision in the Saronic Gulf with the Portuguese-flagged container ship Maersk Launceston, which had just departed from the port of Piraeus.[8][9][10] Kallisto was cut in two, with two of her 27 crew injured, and the stern section sank. Her bow section developed a severe list and was taken in tow for the naval base.[8][9]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e HMS Berkeley: Hunt Class Mine Counter Measures Vessel (PDF). Directorate of Public Relations (Royal Navy). 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officers' Association.
- ^ a b "Hunt Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, p. 542
- ^ a b c d e f g Prézelin & Baker 1990, pp. 719–720
- ^ a b "Berkeley (6132450)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ a b The Handover Ceremony of HMS Berkeley to the Hellenic Navy as HS Kallisto (PDF). Defence Export Services Organisation & Greek Navy. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officers' Association.
- Jane's Information Group. July 2000. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ a b Tsiliopoulos, E. "Huge merchant ship cuts minesweeper "Kallisto" in two". New Greek TV. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Ship captain arrested after collision with Greek warship". ekathimerini-com. Associated Press. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Captain of cargo ship involved in collision given until Nov. 11 to testify". ekathimerini-com. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
References
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Prézelin, Bernard; Baker, A. D III, eds. (1990). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991: Their Ships, Aircraft and Armament. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-250-8.