HMS Hurworth (M39)

HMS Hurworth is a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel of the British Royal Navy.

Service history
In March 1987, Hurworth was visiting Ostend when the cross channel ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsized leaving Zeebrugge; two of her divers were awarded the Queens Gallantry Medal for their efforts in the rescue.

On 2 March 2009, she was the centrepiece of the festivities to mark the 800th anniversary of the granting of a freedom charter by King John to Great Yarmouth.

Affiliations

 * Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington