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HMS HURWORTH backs out from her berth at HMC Dockyard. |
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A good shot of HURWORTH's profile. |
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The bow area is dominated by an Oerlikon/BMARC 30mm/75 DS 30B single
gun, and the anchor winch. The navigation radar is seen here just above
the bridge. |
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Looking straight back at the main gun and bridge. |
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The open quarterdeck is home to the two hydraulic lifts that handle
the ship's various mine countermeasures systems. The floats for the ship's
minesweeping equipment are visible on the port side under the raised platform. |
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This shot is taken just forward of midships, looking aft along the
port side. The port bridge wing is to the left of the photo, the mast in
the center, and the funnel in the background. |
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These are HURWORTH's two PAP unmanned submersibles, which give the
HUNT class some of its minehunting abilities. Each has two electric motors
mounted in pods, one on each side. These submersibles are operated by remote
control from the ship. They are stored on the quarterdeck level just aft
of the funnel. |
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The gray object carried underneath the PAP is a bomb (inert in this
case) which can be dropped next to a bottom sitting mine, and exploded
after the PAP has left the area, destroying the mine or mines in the area.
Not shown in this photo, but to the right, is a small hyperbaric chamber
for treating the divers that HURWORTH also carries to hunt and combat mines. |
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This view shows some of the equipment on HURWORTH's covered quarterdeck,
with a large winch to the left for deploying and retrieving cable from
the ship, and the two minesweeping floats to the right. |
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Another view of HURWORTH's stern and quarterdeck. The dome just aft
of the funnel is for satellite communications. |
