HMS Atherstone
IMO 4906666 · MMSI 234566000
Before joining this vessel — checklist
Work through each item before signing your SEA or travelling to the vessel.
- 1. Verify vessel identity
Confirm the vessel name and IMO number match. HMS Atherstone (IMO 4906666)
- 2. Check the flag state record
Flag unknown — ask the employer. How to read flag risk · Paris/Tokyo MoU lists
- 3. Check the company
Owner unknown. Owner and manager unknown — ask the employer.
- 4. Review your contract (SEA)
Read your Seafarer Employment Agreement before joining. SEA rights guide · Contract reading checklist
- 5. Check repatriation terms
Confirm repatriation is covered and the conditions are clear. Repatriation rights guide
- 6. Watch for recruitment-fee red flags
You should never pay to get a job at sea. Recruitment fees & scams guide
- 7. Save emergency contacts
Record ITF, flag-state authority, and welfare helpline numbers before departure. Emergency contact planner
Data sources and methodology: /sources
- Type
- mine countermeasures vessel
- Flag
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- Year built
- 1987
- Builder
- VT Group
- GT
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- DWT
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- LOA
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- Beam
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- Draft
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- Class
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- Owner
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- Manager
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Indexed from Wikidata (Q5631450).
Vessel history
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Atherstone HMS Atherstone was a Hunt-class , the third ship to bear the name. Built by Vosper Thornycroft shipbuilders at Woolston, Southampton , it was launched on 1 March 1986 by Amy Jarvis, the wife of Pat Jarvis, CB, the Deputy Controller of the Navy at the Ministry of Defence, and commissioned on 17 January 1987.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMSAtherstone(M38)#citenote-2) It was the tenth ship of its class.
Source: HMS Atherstone (M38) · cached via Firecrawl
PSC detention history
No detentions in the last 2 years.
Editorial confidence: how we grade. Data sources and methodology: /sources.