HMS Dulverton (M35)

	HMS Dulverton in Lithuanian service as Kuršis (M54)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dulverton
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched	1982
Commissioned	1983
Decommissioned	2004
Identification	Pennant number: M35
Fate	Sold to Lithuania
Lithuania
Name	Kuršis
Operator	Lithuanian Naval Force
Acquired	2008
Commissioned	2011
Identification	Pennant number: M54
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel
Displacement	750 tons
Length	60 m
Beam	9.8 m
Draught	2.2 m
Propulsion	2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp
Speed	17 knots
Complement	45 (6 officers & 39 ratings)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Sonar Type 2193
Armament	Bofors 40 mm gun; 2 × Mk44 minigun; 3 × 7.62mm general purpose machine guns; Mine counter measures equipment:; SeaFox mine disposal system; Diver-placed explosive charges;

HMS Dulverton was a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1982 and converted in 1997 into a patrol vessel. The ship was declared surplus to requirement and put on the MoD list for disposal in 2004. In 2008 she was bought by Lithuania, along with Cottesmore.

Thales was awarded the prime contractorship to upgrade the vessels with a technologically advanced minehunting system, including the hull-mounted Sonar 2193 system, propulsion, command and control systems, and mine disposal systems. The ship entered service with the Lithuanian navy in 2011 as Kuršis.

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