Scimitar-class patrol vessel
HMS Sabre, 2011
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Halmatic |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Archer class |
Succeeded by | Cutlass class |
In commission | 2003–present |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Displacement | 24 tonnes (24 long tons) |
Length | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × MAN 2480LXE diesels, 2 shafts |
Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range | 260 nmi (480 km; 300 mi) at 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 5 (1 officer, 4 ratings) |
Sensors and processing systems | Racal-Decca Bridgemaster 360, I band navigation radar |
Armament | 2 × General purpose machine guns (stern-mounted) |
The Scimitar class is a class of fast patrol boat in service with the British Royal Navy.
The two vessels of this class are of a commercial design known as the Lifespan Patrol Vessel built by Halmatic (now BAE Systems Surface Ships), and formerly served in an inshore waterways anti-terrorist role in Northern Ireland. They were acquired for the Royal Navy in 2003 for service with the Gibraltar Squadron, releasing two Archer-class boats that had filled this role for service with the Cyprus Squadron.[1]
With the decommissioning of the survey launch HMS Gleaner in February 2018, the two Scimitar-class boats became the smallest commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy.[2] The two vessels were returned to the U.K. from Gibraltar in 2020, having been replaced there by two Archer-class boats, but were reported as still operational in Portsmouth at the end of 2020.
Vessels in the class[]
Name | Pennant number | Builder | Commissioned | Status |
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Scimitar (ex-MV Grey Fox) |
P284 | Halmatic Ltd, Portsmouth | 2003 | Active in service |
Sabre (ex-MV Grey Wolf) |
P285 | Halmatic Ltd, Southampton | Active in service |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Patrol Boats - Scimitar class". Royal Navy. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Royal Navy decommissions inshore survey vessel HMS Gleaner". Naval Today. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links[]
- "Patrol Boats - Scimitar class". Royal Navy.
- Scimitar-class patrol vessels
- Military boats
- Patrol boat classes
- Ship classes of the Royal Navy
- United Kingdom naval ship stubs