Royal Navy Disposal & Reserve Ships Organisation Disposal Ship: ATHERSTONE Interim Sales Summary
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Disposal & Reserve Ships Organisation (DRSO) Tel: 02392 7 23270
Kings Stairs Building Fax: 02392 7 24400
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navynbcp-basesvcsdrsooic@mod.uk HMNB PORTSMOUTH
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Document issued without prejudice
Ship or Vessel in Service Name: ATHERSTONE Dated:29 APRIL 2019 Where lying: PORTSMOUTH UK
Picture for illustration only
Contents
Section 1 General particulars Hull and Structure Deck Gear Machinery and Systems Documentation Stability and Ballasting
Section 2 Inventory of Potential Hazardous Material on Board (to be included)
Royal Navy Disposal & Reserve Ships Organisation Disposal Ship: ATHERSTONE Interim Sales Summary
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General particulars
Date and Place of Build
IMO No.
Vosper Thornycroft Woolston Yard, Isle of Wight UK Launched 1 March 1986
4906666
Date ceased service
31 December 2017 (non-sea 13 October 2016)
Type of Vessel: Official No.
Ex Pennant No.
Formerly a Warship –Minesweeper/Minehunter M38
Summary of condition
Sound for Towing, not in running condition, certain equipment, having been removed by MoD for further use.
Displacements and tonnage in Tonnes
Current: 619.5 te
Deep: 730te
Light: 635te
Fully Laden: 625te? Gross 800
Net: 200te
Designed Lightship weights: 597.4 te
GRP 250te
Metal (all non-ferrous at build) 200te
Much equipment has been removed - These figures are approximations
Draughts
Current:1.8m fwd 2.6m aft
Operating: Mean 2.24m trimmed 1.1m by the stern. Prop sweep: 3.31m propellers removed
Length OA and Waterline
Extreme: 60.3
Breadth
Extreme: 10.4m
Height Mainmast top to keel
20.2m (conductor raised)
Last Docking
October 2016.
Last Refit
2010 Portsmouth
Hull and Structure
Propeller
Twin Skewed type 5 bladed. Projection is 0.3m beneath keel. They are removed and stowed on upper deck - Dia. 2.44m Prop and hub, Aluminium Bronze.
Bow thruster 1 water-jet type.
Shaft & Gland
Shafts removed, glands sealed and foam filled..
Rudders
Twin stern rudders – Amidships, not locked.
Stabilisers
Not fitted.
Logs
Not functional
Sonar
Main sonar transducer removed. Transit dome fitted.
Keels
NA
Hull valves
Shut. Wire locked.
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Hull condition
GRP construction (single skin hull stiffened by GRP transverse frames). Hull integrity appears to remain sound.
Paint coatings condition
UW hull: Upper hull: Upper deck: Superstructure:
Non TBT coating.
Appears structurally sound. Light barnacle encrustation evident.
Appears structurally sound. Appears structurally sound. Appears in good condition.
Accommodation
Bulk of soft furnishings have been removed, carpets remain.
Deck Gear
Anchors
1 Admiralty AC 14 (510kg) anchors stowed for sea. Last survey February 2016.
Aluminium silicone-bronze forged material
Port anchor windlass inoperable – band brake removed.
Chain Cable
6 shackles starboard, housed and secured ready for use. 26mm forged aluminium bronze chain. Out of date for certification. Some original certificates held.
Towing
Vessel would require further work before towing.
Ropes/Cordage
Nil remains
Bollards/Bits
Appear sound
Davits/Cranes
Two, Hydraulic, 1 tonne lift. Port davit removed. Stbd not working, gearbox removed.
Boats
Removed, nil remain
SOLAS
None
Machinery and Systems
Boilers
None
Main Engines
2x Paxman Deltic 9 – 59K (950 shp). Engines, appear intact – Obsolete and lifed.
Generators
Removed. (were Paxman Deltic 9 – 55B (750 shp).
Auxiliaries and Pumps
Several removed. Electrically driven. Not working.
Electrical
440v 60Hz, 240v and 115v 60Hz. Cut in places, not safe for use without survey.
Steering Gear
Twin electro-hydraulically operated rudders. Amidships. Not locked.
Electronic & Sensors
None working.
GMDSS
None
Batteries
Removed.
Fire-Fighting
Removed.
Sanitary
Sewage Treatment Plants. Flushed through and left empty.
Documentation
Certification
Anchor and cable: not in date. Limited certification remains.
Drawings – Main
Some
Operating Manuals
None
Historical
None
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Stability, Ballasting and Tank Contents
Ballasting Summary Tanks State
(See DRSM Form1 Encl. 13 attached).
30.4 tonnes Fresh water as ballast in FW and ballast tanks. All other tanks empty and cleaned apart from residual in smaller tanks.
Stability Summary
Ship is in very light condition but remains stable for tow, subject to final survey.
Name & Rank
R M LANE, Disposal and Reserve Ships Officer
Representing
DES SHIPS NSS-MCM
Date
29 April 2020
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