title: HMS Hurworth (M39)
text: # 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 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
  