HMS Cattistock (M31)

HMS Cattistock is a minehunter. Her crew use innovative technology and carefully honed skills to to clear the oceans of hidden dangers.

Role

Led by Lieutenant Commander Jonny Campbell, minehunters like Cattistock play a vital role in maintaining the freedom of navigation on the high seas and supporting the UK’s international trade by searching for (and safely removing) mines so larger ships can enjoy safe passage.

Her next mission is to join the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) as part of a three month deployment to the Baltic Sea. She will take part in a series of multinational exercises and operations alongside their NATO partners, including Force Integration Training and Historical Ordnance Disposal.

Hunt Class

Unit history

1917

The First Cattistock

The first was a 730-ton minesweeper, launched in 1917, which served in minesweeping flotillas in the Atlantic, the North Sea and in the Baltic.

1940

The Second Cattistock

The second Cattistock was a Type 1 Hunt-class destroyer. During the invasion of Normandy, she attacked bombarding German invasion barges in Dunkirk.

1982

The Third Cattistock

Today's minehunter was commissioned into the Navy in June 1982, and has been serving proudly ever since.

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