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Encyclopedia > HMS Severn (P282)
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Career Royal Navy Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned: 2003
Decommissioned:
Fate: Active in service as of 2006.
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 1,677 tonnes
Length: 79.5 metres
Beam: 13.6 metres
Draught:
Propulsion: 2 x Ruston 12RK 270 Main Engines developing 4125kW @ 1000rpm
Speed: 20 knots
Range: 7800 nautical miles at a speed of 12 knots
Complement: 30 (plus Royal Marines boarding party)
Armament: 1 x 20mm BMARC KAA Gun, 2 x General Purpose Machine Guns(GPMG)
Aircraft:
Boat: 2 x Halmatic Jet Pacific 22 Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIB)
Motto:

The ninth and current HMS Severn is a River class offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Named after the River Severn, the ship is the first to bear the name in 56-years. This image is a temporary placeholder for articles(mostly those utilizing the table from Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tables) which still need a picture to illustrate them. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Her Majestys Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the Royal Navys Light Infantry, the United Kingdoms amphibious force and specialists in Arctic and Mountain Warfare. ... River Class The River class is a class of three offshore patrol vessels in the Royal Navy, replacing the six ships of the Island class. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The source of the River Severn on Plynlimon, Wales. ...


She was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton to serve as fishery protection units within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Tyne. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the 5 older Island class patrol vessels. VT Group plc is the company formerly known as Vosper Thornycroft. ... Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... The fifth and current HMS Mersey has ended the long absence of a Mersey in the Fleet. ... The 6th Ship to use the name HMS Tyne. ... The Island class was developed as a result of the Royal Navys experiences in the so called Cod War with Iceland, and the success of HMS Jura in fishery protection patrols. ...


HMS Severn was affiliated with the city of Newport in September 2003 and awarded the freedom of the city in June 2006. [1] For other uses of the name Newport, see Newport (disambiguation). ...


See HMS Severn for other ships of the name. There have been nine ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy named HMS Severn after the River Severn: The first Severn was a fourth rate two-decked ship of 50 guns launched in 1693 and broekn up in 1734. ...


HMS Severn arrived in Dublin at 0955 GMT on September 16, 2006.



River-class patrol vessel

Mersey | Severn | Tyne | Clyde River Class The River class is a class of three offshore patrol vessels in the Royal Navy, replacing the six ships of the Island class. ... The fifth and current HMS Mersey has ended the long absence of a Mersey in the Fleet. ... The 6th Ship to use the name HMS Tyne. ...

List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy


 
 

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