Patrol Vessels
HMS Medway P223
The Royal Navy's newest warship - HMS Medway P223, a Batch II 'River' Class Patrol Vessel is seen berthed alongside Portsmouth Naval Base (viewed from a warship tour) on 21st July 2019. Construction began at Govan Shipyard on the Clyde in June 2015 and she completed her sea trials in December 2018 before being commissioned into the fleet on 5th March 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufOIfmyb504
HMS Mersey P283
HMS Mersey P283, one of the Royal Navy's River Class Patrol Vessels, is seen preparing to enter Devonport off the breakwater in Plymouth Sound on 23rd January 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2rDS0NOJ60
HMS Mersey P283, one of the Royal Navy's River Class Patrol Vessels, is seen entering Devonport Naval Base as she heads from sea to the Hamoaze on 23rd January 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Vna6p9dQA
HMS Mersey P283, a Royal Navy 'River' Class Patrol Vessel, leaves Devonport Naval Base at Mutton Cove, passing the world's oldest covered slipway dating back to circa 1765, as she heads from base to Plymouth Sound on 23rd January 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHTzV0XDc0w
HMS Severn P282
Leaving Devonport Naval Base, we see HMS Severn P282 as she passes Mount Wise and Royal William Yard as she heads out to sea on 18th April 2017. HMS Severn is the second River Class Patrol vessel built by Vosper Thornycroft at their Woolston yard in Southampton, and was launched on 4th December 2002. Commissioned in July 2003, she is the ninth warship of the Royal Navy to bare the name Severn, the first being a 50 gun warship built in 1695. The current HMS Severn is 260 feet long and has a beam of 44'3", and with a displacement of 1700 tons, is powered by two Ruston 12 cylinder RK270 diesel engines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEHrYK0rt8
HMS Tyne P281
HMS Tyne P281, a 'River' class offshore patrol vessel built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton and commissioned into the fleet in July 2003 to serve as a fishery protection unit. The sixth Royal Navy warship to bare the name 'Tyne,' she has a displacement of 1700 tons and is powered by two Ruston 12 cylinder RK270 diesel engines, the same type that were adopted by BR to re-engine their Class 37/9 locomotives 37901-37904 from 1987. HMS Tyne has had mixed fortunes this year, being decommissioned on 24th May 2018 only to be reinstated two months later due to the late delivery of HMS Forth. However, due to the UK's planned exit from the EU, the three batch 1 'River' class will now be retained so as to protect the UK's waters and fisheries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IuoKogavbk
HMS Tyne P281, a batch 1 'River' class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy, is seen making a navigation run along the River Tamar from the Hamoaze to Plymouth Sound on 28th January 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc4TM2ePqXQ
HMS Tyne P281, one of the Royal Navy's Batch 1 'River' Class Patrol Vessels, is seen undertaking a navigation run on the River Tamar from Plymouth Sound to the Hamoaze at Artillery Tower, Devil's Point on 28th January 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7m2rBudlyk