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Template:Scimitar class fast patrol boat; S. HMS Sabre (P285) HMS Scimitar (P284) This page was last edited on 6 June 2016, at 18:05 (UTC). Text is ...
The Scimitar class were a class of fast patrol boat formerly in service with the British Royal Navy.. The two vessels of this class were of a commercial design known as the Lifespan Patrol Vessel built by Halmatic (now BAE Systems Surface Ships), and formerly served in an inshore waterways anti-terrorist role in Northern Ireland.
HMS Sabre was a Scimitar-class fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy.She was commissioned into the Gibraltar Squadron on 31 January 2003 along with her sister Scimitar, and used for police, customs and rescue purposes. [1]
The force consisted of the only two Brave-class patrol boats to be completed along with one Dark-class boat. [1] [2] In January 1969, an order was placed with Vosper Thornycroft for three fast training boats to replace the Braves and remaining Dark-class boats in the training role. The design chosen was a smaller derivative of the Brave-class ...
HMS Sabre (P285) is a 16-metre Scimitar-class fast patrol boat. It was commissioned into the Gibraltar squadron on 31 January 2003 and is used for police, customs and rescue purposes. [ 2 ] It had previously been used in Northern Ireland since 1993 as MV Grey Wolf [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was based in Lough Neagh where it was manned by Royal Marines .
Along with HMS Dagger, she is replacing the Scimitar-class patrol vessels in Gibraltar. The Scimitar-class boats were deployed in Gibraltar after 2003 but were withdrawn from the territory in 2020, being then replaced by two Archer-class boats on an interim basis until the arrival of the Cutlass-class vessels.
HMS Scimitar (P271) was a Scimitar-class fast training boat launched in 1969 and sold in 1983. HMS Scimitar (P284) is a Scimitar-class patrol vessel, formerly MV Grey Fox. She entered service in 1993, was transferred to the Royal Navy in 2002 and renamed Scimitar, and as of 9 March 2022 is decommissioned, no longer in service and up for disposal.
The ship is the second boat of the second order of two evolved Cape-class patrol boats the RAN ordered in April 2022, at a projected cost of $124 million. [1] [2] In November 2023, the RAN ordered a further two evolved Cape-class patrols, at a cost of A$157.1 million. [3]
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