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02 October 2023
by Kate Tringham
The Royal Navy’s former Sandown-class minehunter, ex-HMS
Blyth,
is pictured during its decommissioning ceremony on 4 August 2021. The vessel was transferred to the Romanian Navy in September 2023.
(Crown Copyright)
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sold two second-hand Royal Navy (RN) Sandown-class minehunters to the Romanian Navy to support maritime security operations in the Black Sea region.
In a 28 September announcement, the MoD confirmed the sale of ex-HMS
Blyth
, which was decommissioned from RN service in 2021, and HMS
Pembroke
, which will be retired from service in early 2024.
Ex-
Blyth
was officially transferred to the Romanian Navy during September, while
Pembroke
will be transferred in the second quarter of 2024, the MoD said.
The Romanian parliament approved a programme to procure and modernise two second-hand Sandown-class minehunters from the UK on 18 May.
Blyth
and
Pembroke
were subsequently sold on behalf of the MoD by the Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), part of the MoD’s Defence Equipment and Support organisation, for an undisclosed amount.
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