HMS ''Ramsey'' was a of the British

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

. Like other vessels of the ''Sandown'' class, ''Ramsey'' was built of glass-reinforced plastic and other non-magnetic materials so that her hull does not trigger

naval mine A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, any ...

s as easily as standard warships. She was the third vessel of the Royal Navy named after the eponymous town on the

Isle of Man ) , anthem = "O Land of Our Birth" , image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg , image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg , mapsize = , map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe , map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green) in Europe ...

. On 11 March 2009, ''Ramsey'' and her sister ship returned from a -year deployment in the Middle East to their home port at

HMNB Clyde His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It ...

. During this time the crews of those ships were rotated on and off with eight different crews based in the UK. She set sail for another deployment in the Middle East on 11 March 2011. ''Ramsey'' and ''Blyth'' were decommissioned in joint ceremony at Rosyth on 4 August 2021. Following a refit by Babcock she will be transferred to the

Romanian Navy The Romanian Navy ( ro, Forțele Navale Române) is the navy branch of the Romanian Armed Forces; it operates in the Black Sea and on the Danube. It traces its history back to 1860. History The Romanian Navy was founded in 1860 as a river flo ...

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* Sandown-class minehunters Ships built in Southampton 1999 ships Minehunters of the United Kingdom {{UK-minesweeper-stub