RAIDER HMS (P275)

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RAIDER HMS (P275)

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Feb 16, 2018 7:14 pm

Built as a fast patrol and training vessel by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company in Scotland for the Royal Navy.
January 1988 launched as HMS RAIDER (P 275)one of the Archer class..
Displacement 54 ton, dim. 20.8 x 5.8 x 1.8m. (draught)
Powered by Two Rolls Royce MTU V12 diesel engines, ?hp., twin shafts, speed 25 knots, maximum speed 45 knots.
Range 550 mile.
Armament: 1 – Oerlikon 20mm cannon and 3 general purpose machine guns.
Crew 12.
January 1998 commissioned.

2015 Underwent a refit and her MTU engines were replaced by two Caterpillar C18 Acert diesels each 875 hp.

HMS RAIDER is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. Along with her batch 2 sister-ship, HMS TRACKER, RAIDER is part of the Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron based at HMNB Clyde.
Characteristics
RAIDER is one of sixteen 20-metre, 54-tonne P2000 patrol craft operated by the Royal Navy. She is constructed from glass-reinforced plastic. As a "batch 2" vessel, RAIDER has a sustainable top speed of 24 knots, faster than her batch 1 sister ships due to her more powerful turbocharged MTU diesels; she can exceed 24 knots in suitable sea conditions. Both RAIDER and TRACKER operate in the force protection role, providing maritime security for high value shipping in the Firth of Clyde, and are armed with three general purpose machine guns.
Service
RAIDER, formerly of Cambridge URNU, became Bristol URNU's training ship in Summer 2010, superseding HMS TRUMPETER. In October 2012 she joined the Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron to replace HMS DASHER, which returned to Bristol URNU.
3018 In service.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_RAIDER_(P275)
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