The Hunt Class is unique in the Royal Navy for its dual functions of 'Sweeping' and 'Hunting' on the same platform and can be rolled from one function to the other in minutes.

Sweeping

Sweeping can be done in two ways, the removal of moored mines from an area, or influence sweeping. Moored mines (floating mines moored to the sea bed) can be caught by trailing sweep wires behind the ship which catch and cut the mooring wires of mines making them float to the surface where they can then be blown up. Influence sweeping is to deal with ground mines (mines that sit on the seabed which are actuated by either a ship's noise or magnetic signature) by using influence sweeps which can simulate noise and magnetic signatures of various ships.

Minehunting

As a Minehunter we can 'hunt' for mines with high definition sonar which scans the sea bed for mine like objects. Objects are then further investigated with the Remote controlled vehicles which have a camera on for a visual inspection. There are two such vehicles on board stowed in the PAP well. Contacts can be destroyed by explosives either placed by Remote Controlled Mine Disposal System Vehicles or Mine Clearance Divers (MCD).

In addition, the 1 x 30mm, 2 x 20mm guns and two General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs) enable her to function in her secondary role as a very potent patrol Craft.