HMS Protector (A173)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Protector.
HMS Protector is a Royal Navy ice patrol ship built in Norway in mid 2000. As MV Polarbjørn (Norwegian: polar bear) she operated under charter as a polar research icebreaker and a subsea support vessel. In 2011, she was chartered as a temporary replacement for the ice patrol ship HMS Endurance and was purchased by the British Ministry of Defence in early September 2013. As DNV Ice Class 05 the vessel can handle first year ice up to 0.5 metres (20 in).
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HMS Protector in 2011 | |
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Norway | |
Name | Polarbjørn |
Namesake | Polar bear |
Owner | GC Rieber Shipping,[1] Bergen, Norway |
Builder | |
Yard number | 076[2] |
Laid down | 30 September 2000[2] |
Launched | 21 July 2001[2] |
Completed | 22 October 2001[2] |
Homeport | Bergen |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Protector |
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Operator | Royal Navy |
In service | 2011 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport |
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Status | In active service, as of 2019 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Type | Research ship & Icebreaker |
Displacement | 5,000 t (4,900 long tons; 5,500 short tons)[4] |
Length | |
Beam | 18 m (59 ft 1 in) |
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Ice class | DNV ICE-05 |
Installed power | 2 × Rolls-Royce Bergen BR-8, 2 x 3,535 kW (4,741 hp)[5] |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Complement | 88 (accommodation for up to 100) |
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Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
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