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HMS Tamar is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy.Named after the River Tamar in England, she is the fourth Batch 2 River-class vessel to be built [14] and is forward deployed long-term to the Indo-Pacific region with her sister ship HMS Spey.
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HMS Cutlass is a Cutlass-class fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy.She is a fast patrol boat with a maximum speed around 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) designed for sovereignty protection and coastal security duties.
It is the only seagoing Royal Naval unit based in Gibraltar, attached to British Forces Gibraltar. It currently includes two Cutlass-class fast patrol boats with a maximum speed of up to 41-knots. [7] [8] The squadron also uses three Pacific 24 rigid-hulled inflatable boats [9] and deploys one diving support boat (DSB Crabb, named for Royal ...
After World War II, the Royal Navy re-designated all its motor torpedo boats (MTBs) and motor gun boats (MGBs) as "fast patrol boats." The Brave-class fast patrol boats were the last craft to be built for the Coastal Forces, and the Coastal Forces were disbanded as a separate unit and their last base, (HMS Hornet), decommissioned in 1956.
HMS Trent is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel, named after the River Trent.This is the sixth Royal Navy ship named Trent.She is the third Batch 2 River-class vessel to be commissioned and is forward deployed to Gibraltar for operations in the Mediterranean and Gulf of Guinea.
Royal Navy; Royal Oman Police; Succeeded by: Scimitar class; Cutlass class: In commission: 1985–present: Active: 17 (16 Royal Navy, 1 Royal Oman Police) General characteristics; Type: Patrol boat & training vessel: Displacement: 54 t (53 long tons) Length: 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) Beam: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) Draught: 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Propulsion: 2 ...
HMS Charger is an Archer-class patrol vessel built by Watercraft Limited, Shoreham-by-Sea and fitted out at Vosper Thornycroft. She is just over 20 metres long and 5.8 metres wide and powered by two Rolls-Royce turbo engines. [1] [2] The ship is based at HMS Eaglet, the Royal Naval Headquarters in Liverpool and was commissioned in 1988. She has ...