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in 1992. She was named after the North

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seaside town of the same name. HMS ''Cromer'' visited

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on 6–9 November 1998 (for a Dundee

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and

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commemorations) when she was accompanied by various warships from European countries including: Norwegian minelayer/command ship KNM ''Vidar'', Norwegian minesweeper KNM ''Måløy'', Dutch minehunter M 860 Hr.Ms. ''Schiedam'', Belgian minehunter ''Crocus'',

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HMS ''Montrose'' and German minesweeper ''Volkingen''. She was decommissioned in 2001 before being refitted for use as a training ship at the

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at Dartmouth. In keeping with tradition, for this role the ship has been renamed ''Hindostan''.Future of minehunting sails into Dartmouth
/ref> As she is not a commissioned ship she is not prefixed "HMS".

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Sandown-class minehunters Ships built in Southampton 1990 ships {{UK-minesweeper-stub