River-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Batch 2
Particulars
Displacement: 2453 Tonnes, Dimensions: Length 90.5m, Beam 13.5m, Draught 4.8m.
Machinery: 2 x MAN 16V28/33D diesel engines, 14,200kW/950HP, 2 shafts with controllable-pitch propellers.
Speed: 26kts Range: 7000nm
Armament: 1 x 30mm cannon, 2 x Mk44 Miniguns, 4 x General Purpose Machine Guns
Sensors: Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye Navigation Radar, Terma Scanter 4100 2D Air Search Radar
Ancillary Boats: 2 x Pacific 24 RIBs, 2 x Zodiacs
Aviation: Flight Deck capable of operating Wildcat and Merlin Helicopters or 6 x shipping containers
Complement: 60
Brief History
The first of the Royal Navy’s Batch 2 River-class vessels to be constructed. Built by BAE Systems at Govan Shipyard and launched on 20 August 2016, named by her Lady Sponsor, Lady Rachel Johnstone-Burt, on 9 March 2017.
She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 13 April 2018, following a commissioning ceremony at her homeport HMNB Portsmouth.
As of January 2020, she replaced HMS Clyde as the Falklands’s Patrol Ship.