Offshore Raiding Craft

Royal Marine Offshore Raiding Craft
Class overview
Builders	Holyhead Marine Services
General characteristics
Type	Fast Assault Craft
Displacement	Light Load 4760 kg inc fuel & 2 crew & armour, Full load 6000 kg
Length	9.1m
Beam	2.9m
Draught	Light 0.56 m, Loaded 0.69 m
Propulsion	Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.
Speed	Light load 39 knots, Full load 32 knots
Range	In excess of 200 nautical miles (370 km)
Complement	12 Royal Marines (1 driver, 3 gunners, 8 fully equipped troops)
Armament	Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers, Gau mini gun
Armour	Dynema ballistic protection to defeat 7.62mm x 39 Ball at 20m. (optional)

Royal Marines Offshore Raiding Craft during exercise Corsican Lion in 2012. Note the two ORCs -top and bottom right- fitted with armour.

The Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) is a small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols.^[1] The ORC is primarily used when undertaking strategic raiding missions, where speed and covertness is desired.^{[according to whom?]} However, it is equally capable when conducting larger scale amphibious operations alongside the larger and more traditional LCACs, LCUs and LCVPs.^{[according to whom?] [2]}

See also[]

• List of active Royal Marines military watercraft
• Combat Rubber Raiding Craft

References[]

External links[]

• Royal Marines - Landing Craft (royalnavy.mod.uk)
• Video - HMS Bulwark - Offshore Raiding Craft (youtube.com)

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