HMS LEDBURY on exercise in the Solent with Lynx Helicopter XZ238. Name: HMS Ledbury (M30) Operator: Royal Navy Ordered: 31 March 1977[1] Builder: Vosper Thornycroft Launched: December 1979 Sponsored by: Lady Elizabeth Berthan[2] Commissioned: 11 June 1981 Homeport: Portsmouth Honours and awards: Malta(1942) Arctic(1942-3) Sicily(1943) Salerno(1943) Adriatic(1944) Aegean(1944) Kuwait(1991) Al Faw(2003) Status: in active service, as of 2010[update] General characteristics Class and type: Hunt class MCMV Displacement: 750 tons Length: 60 m Beam: 9.8 m Draught: 2.2 m Propulsion: 2 shaft Napier Deltic diesel, 3,540 shp Speed: 15 knots Boats and landing craft carried: 2 x Gemini Complement: 43 (5 Officers, 9 Senior Ratings, 29 Junior Ratings) Sensors and processing systems: Sonar Type 2193, Radar Type 1007 Armament: 1 ? 40 mm Bofors Mark 9, replaced by 1 ? 30 mm MSI DS-30B gun Notes: Mine counter measures equipment: 2 ? PAP remotely controlled submarines (ROV) MS 14 Magnetic loop Sperry MSSA Acoustic generator K8 Oropesa sweeps