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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 .
With the decommissioning of the survey launch HMS Gleaner in February 2018, the two Scimitar-class boats became the smallest commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy. [2] The two vessels were returned to the U.K. from Gibraltar in 2020, having been replaced there by two Archer -class boats, but were reported as still operational in Portsmouth at ...
Scimitar-class Gibraltar patrol craft Scimitar; Sabre; River-class offshore patrol craft Clyde; MTB 102 motor torpedo boat; Gay-class interchangeable motor gunboat / torpedo boats [1] Gay Archer - launched 20 August 1952; Gay Bombardier - launched 20 August 1952; Gay Bowman - launched 19 December 1952; Gay Bruiser - launched 19 December 1952
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2011) AM 1353 Coral Snake; 14 x LCM-8 landing craft; ... Sydney: Doubleday Australia.
Converted to fishing boat: 1950- Swiftness (Temp. Plover) 1920: Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland: Burnt and Scuttled Storm Bay, Tasmania 1979: Diesel: 1959–1970s Kallista: Belize: 36m: 8m: 1963- Maydeena (2) Backspring Pty Ltd, Hobart: Diesel-1986 Cape Forestier (Warang (1974) 1936: Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Sydney
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]
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.