HMS Tamar (P233)
2020 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tamar.
HMS Tamar is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Tamar in England, this is the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Tamar. She is the fourth Batch 2 River-class vessel to be built[12] and is forward deployed long-term to the Indo-Pacific region with her sister ship HMS Spey.
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Name | HMS Tamar |
Ordered | 8 December 2016 |
Builder | BAE Systems Naval Ships |
Laid down | 8 December 2016 (1st steel cut) |
Launched | 10 October 2018 |
Sponsored by | Brigitte Peach |
Christened | 21 March 2019 |
Commissioned | 17 December 2020 |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth[1] (forward deployed to the Indo-Pacific region, with primary logistics hub at the British Defence Singapore Support Unit in Singapore)[2] |
Identification | Pennant number: P233 |
Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Batch 2 River-class patrol vessel |
Displacement | 2,000 t (2,000 long tons) |
Length | 90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)[3] |
Beam | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) |
Endurance | 35 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × PAC24 Mk4 Sea Boats; Unmanned underwater vehicles may be embarked for mine countermeasures |
Troops | up to 50 |
Crew | 34-45[4][5][6] |
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Aircraft carried | Merlin capable flight deck |
Notes | Fit with 16-tonne crane |
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