XV Patrick Blackett
Royal Navy experimental ship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
XV Patrick Blackett (X01) is an experimental ship used by the Royal Navy as a testbed for new technologies, including unmanned underwater vehicles, unmanned surface vehicles and quantum navigation.[7] Her namesake is Patrick Blackett, a Royal Navy veteran and Nobel Prize-winning British physicist.[8]
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Name | Patrick Blackett |
Namesake | Patrick Blackett |
Builder | Damen Shipyards Gorinchem[1] |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
Identification | Pennant number: X01[2] |
Status | Active[3] |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 270 t (270 long tons; 300 short tons)[4] |
Length | 42 m (137 ft 10 in)[5] |
Propulsion | 4 × Caterpillar C32 Ascert diesel engines[6] |
Speed | In excess of 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)[5] |
Range | In excess of 3,000 nautical miles (6,000 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)[5] |
Complement | 5 (accommodation for up to 12)[2] |
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