Tyne 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Tyne | P281 | 4303 | Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston | 3.9.2001 | 29.4.2002 | 4.7.2003 | stricken 5.2018 |
| Severn | P282 | 4304 | Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston | 17.6.2002 | 4.12.2002 | 31.7.2003 | stricken 10.2017 |
| Mersey | P283 | 4305 | Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston | 16.12.2002 | 25.6.2003 | 26.3.2004 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
1670 |
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Displacement full, t |
1800 |
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Length, m |
73.6 pp 79.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.6 |
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Draught, m |
4.15 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MAN-Burmeister & Wain-Ruston 12RK270 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
11280 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 325 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
5500(15) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 20/85 GAM-B01, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90 |
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Electronic equipment |
2x Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-3 5000 ARPA radars |
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Complement |
45 + 3 commandos |
Project history: Ordered as replacements for the remaining Island-class offshore patrol ships in the fisheries protection role. The ships are RN crewed but owned by the contractor and leased to the Royal Navy for five-year periods, with options for a 10-year renewal, purchase, or return to the builder/owner. In 2010 the M.O.D. announced that the service was considering purchasing the first three units outright should funding become available. The ships are expected to operate for 320 days per year.
Two Halmatic Pacific 22 inspection RIBs are carried, and a 25-ton capacity crane is fitted to handle containerized disaster relief, antipollution, firefighting, rescue, and other modules. The hull was designed so that a section can be inserted amidships to accommodate additional crew and equipment, as was done for P 257. The use of flat-panel hull plating results in a considerable angled knuckle abreast the pilothouse. A helicopter deck capable of handling a Merlin could be added later.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Mersey 2008
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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