The Archer-class is a class of patrol and training vessel in service with the British Royal Navy (RN). Ten vessels were ordered as the P2000 class, based on a design of an Omani coastguard cutter, from Watercraft Marine. They are twin-shaft vessels with moulded glass-reinforced plastic hulls. After that company went into liquidation, the balance of the order was completed by Vosper Thornycroft. Decca BridgeMaster II turning units and antennas aboard a BC Ferries vessel in British Columbia, Canada The Decca Company, a British gramophone manufacturer that, as Decca Records, released records under the Decca label, contributed to the British war effort during the Second World War. ... A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that Fiber-reinforced plastic be merged into this article or section. ... Liquidation, or winding up, refers to a business whose assets are converted to money in order to pay off debt. ... Vosper Thornycroft is a limited business traditionally associated with the shipbuilding industry in the UK. They hold a shipbuilding yard in Southampton, Hampshire. ...

HMS Smiter

The Archers were initially used as RN patrol craft and as training tenders for the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) and University Royal Naval Units (URNU). Four identical vessels were ordered for the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (RNXS) as Example-class tenders. When that service was disbanded in 1994, the Examples were transferred to the RN for similar duties as their Archer-class brethren. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (850x567, 186 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (850x567, 186 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... “RNR” redirects here. ... A University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) is a Royal Navy training establishment connected to a University, or a number of universities concentrated in one geographical area. ... The Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (RNXS) was formed in 1962 from the Royal Naval Minewatching Service (RNMWS) in response to the nuclear threat to British ports. ...

In 1998 two additional vessels of this design were commissioned into the RN from Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, to replace HMS Loyal Watcher and Loyal Chancellor as URNU tenders to Cambridge and Oxford Universities respectively. This brought the total of Archer class vessels in the RN to 16, all of which are assigned to the 1st Patrol Boat Squadron (1PBS). Since 1991, 14 have been attached to URNUs (one per unit) under the command of a Lieutenant, RN. The remaining 2 vessels currently (2006) form the Cyprus Squadron. Ranger and Trumpeter were also formerly allocated to the Gibraltar Squadron for guard ship and search and rescue duties, but were replaced by the dedicated Scimitar-class. In this role they could be armed with pintle-mounted L7 7.62mm GPMG machine guns. Ailsa Shipbuilding Company was a British shipbuilding company based in Troon, Scotland. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ... The Gibraltar Squadron is a unit of the British Royal Navy. ... A Guard ship is a warship stationed at some port or harbour to act as a guard, and in former times in the Royal Navy to receive the men impressed for service. ... Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea... The Scimitar-class is a class of fast patrol boat in service with the British Royal Navy. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

Vessels

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, is bordered on the north by the South Downs, on the west by the Adur valley and on the south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach. ... HMS Biter (P270) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. ... HMS Smiter with Royal Marines The HMS Smiter is a British P2000 class patrol boat. ... Part of the Royal Navy Cyprus Squadron (RNCS), formed in February 2003 in support of Operation Telic, the US led invasion of Iraq. ... Vosper Thornycroft is a limited business traditionally associated with the shipbuilding industry in the UK. They hold a shipbuilding yard in Southampton, Hampshire. ... Map showing Woolston within Southampton Map showing Southampton within England Woolston is a district of Southampton, located on the eastern shore of the River Itchen. ... HMS Blazer (P279) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. ... HMS Dasher (P280) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. ... HMS Puncher (P291) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. ... HMS Charger (P292) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. ... Affiliated to Sussex University Royal Naval Unit, based at Sussex University, Brighton. ... HMS Trumpeter (P294) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. ... A picture taken from the wheelhouse of HMS Example just before the International Fleet Review. ... HMS Explorer (P164) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. ... HMS Express (P163) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... HMS Tracker is a Fast Patrol Boat crewed by the Oxford University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) - a reserve unit recruited from university students. ... Ailsa Shipbuilding Company was a British shipbuilding company based in Troon, Scotland. ... , Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, Scotland. ... // Introduction: HMS Raider and Cambridge URNU HMS Raider is an Archer Class P2000 Patrol craft, used for training purposes by the Cambridge University Royal Naval Unit (CURNU). ...

See also

• University Royal Naval Unit

A University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) is a Royal Navy training establishment connected to a University, or a number of universities concentrated in one geographical area. ...

References

• Britain's Modern Royal Navy, Paul Beaver, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1996, ISBN 1-85260-442-5
• Today's Royal Navy in Colour, Jeremy Flack, Greenwich Editions, 1996, ISBN 0-86288-089-0

External link

• Official Royal Navy Archer-class page