Global InformationRomanian minehunter Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu information
 The arrival Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu in Constanța
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Blyth |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | 4 July 2000 |
| Commissioned | 19 July 2001 |
| Decommissioned | 4 August 2021 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Transferred to Romania[1][2] |
 Romania | |
| Name | Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu |
| Namesake | Ion Ghiculescu |
| Acquired | October 2022 |
| Commissioned | 27 September 2023 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sandown-class minehunter |
| Displacement | 600 t (590 long tons)[3] |
| Length | 52.5 m (172 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 34 (accommodation for up to 40) |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu (M270) is a Sandown-class minehunter of the Romanian Naval Forces. She was built as HMS Blyth (M111), for the Royal Navy, the eleventh of this class of twelve Single-Role Minehunters (SRMH) ships. She was laid down on 30 May 1999 by Vosper Thornycroft at their Woolston, Southampton shipyard, launched in May 2000 and entered service for the Royal Navy in February 2001.[4] She was the second vessel to carry this name, the first being a Bangor-class minesweeper of the Second World War, wearing pennant number J15. Blyth served in the Middle East as part of the 9th Mine Countermeasures Squadron.
- ^ @NavyLookout (28 September 2023). "@NavyLookout ex-HMS Blyth has been transferred to 🇷🇴Romania with, yet to decommission, @hms_pembroke to follow next year" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 September 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Romania acquires 2 former Royal Navy's Sandown class minehunters". Navy Recognition. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Sandown Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels - Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ Combat Fleets of the World. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-197-1.