HMS Quorn (M41) explained

HMS Quorn, the third ship of this name, was a of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 23 January 1988, as the last ship of her class.

Operational history

On 18 March 2007, she was presented with the Freedom of the Borough scroll in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.^[1]

From May 2011 to September 2014, Quorn was deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of the Royal Navy's permanent presence in the region. Based in Bahrain, Quorns crew changed every six months enabling the ship to remain on station for a prolonged period without the costs associated with returning to the United Kingdom. During the deployment, Quorn was "twinned" with American minehunter .^[2]

Quorn spent the late spring and summer of 2015 on deployment in northern European waters, including the Baltic Sea as part of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1). During the deployment, she took part in Exercise Joint Warrior off Scotland, BALTOPS 2015 alongside HM Ships and and Kiel Week before returning to Portsmouth in July.^[3]

After spending a period alongside in extended readiness, Quorn was lifted out of the water into the "Minor War Vessels Centre of Specialisation"; the former shipbuilding hall at HMNB Portsmouth in December 2016.^[4] However, in October 2017 it was revealed that her planned refit would not take place, and Quorn would be decommissioned on 14 December 2017.^[5] The ship's bell and naval ensign were presented to Quorn Parish Council in 2018 and are on display in the town's community library.^[6]

Lithuanian Navy

On 30 April 2020 Defence Equipment Services announced she had been sold for £1 million to the Lithuanian Navy.^{[7] [8]} In July 2022 the Ministry of Defence announced that Harland & Wolff Appledore had been awarded the £55 million contract to renovate and restore the ship to an operational state.^[9]

Affiliations

• Ipswich, Suffolk^[10]
• Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
• Quorn, Leicestershire
• The Quorn Hunt
• TS Venomous

External links

• Web site: HMS Quorn (M 41) . Royal Navy . Ministry of Defence . https://web.archive.org/web/20190726005644/https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/surface-fleet/minehunters/hunt-class/hms-quorn . 26 July 2019 . London . dead.
• Web site: HMS Quorn (M41) . Ship Spotting World.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Freedom of the Borough . . 15 March 2019.
2. Web site: HMS Quorn sails home to Portsmouth after three years in gulf . 3 September 2014 . Royal Navy . 15 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20171002220054/https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2014/september/03/140903-quorn-home. 2017-10-02.
3. Web site: HMS Quorn returns to Portsmouth after busy NATO deployment . 2 July 2015 . Royal Navy . 15 March 2019.
4. Web site: Minehunters go undercover as Quorn and Atherstone begin revamp . 13 December 2016 . Royal Navy . 15 March 2019.
5. Web site: Royal Navy ship that carries town's name to be scrapped . Nick . Reid . 27 October 2017 . . 15 March 2019.
6. Web site: HMS Quorn . Quorn Village Museum . 23 July 2024 . 4.
7. News: . Sale of mine-hunting vessel to Lithuania could generate contract for British shipbuilding firm . Defence Equipment Support . 30 April 2020 . 1 May 2020.
8. Brief News Ships Monthly July 2020 page 17
9. News: 14 July 2022 . Devon yard awarded £55m work to overhaul ship for Lithuania . UK Defence Journal .
10. News: Ipswich to get another warship . 4 February 2009 . . 15 March 2019.