HMS Mersey (P283)

HMS Mersey (P283)

HMS Mersey

Career (UK)
Name: Operator: Ordered: Builder: Launched: Sponsored by: HMS Mersey Royal Navy April 2001 Vosper Thornycroft 14 June 2003 Mrs Jennie Reeve

Commissioned: 28 November 2003 Homeport: Identification: Status: HMNB Portsmouth Pennant number: P283 in active service, as of 2013[1]

General characteristics
Class & type: Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Boats & landing craft carried: Complement: Armament: River-classpatrol vessel 1,677 tonnes 79.9 m 13.6 m 3.8 m 2 Ruston 12RK 270 Main engines developing 4,125 kW @ 1,000 rpm 20 knots (37 km/h) 7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) 2 Halmatic Jet Pacific 22 rigid inflatable boats

30 (+ Royal Marine boarding party) 1 20 mm British Manufacturing and Research Company (BMARC) KAA 2 General purpose machine guns

HMS Mersey (P283)

The fifth and current HMS Mersey is a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Named after the River Mersey, the ship is the first to bear the name in 84 years. 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 Tyne and Severn. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island-classpatrol vessels. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 28 November 2003. At that time, Mersey was not expected to commence duties until February 2004. Mersey was the last Royal Navy ship to be launched from Vosper Thornycroft at its Woolston shipyard; Jennie Reeve, wife of Rear-Admiral Jonathon Reeve, Chief of Fleet Support, was the ship's sponsor. The first ship launched at the yard was the Tribal-class destroyer Tartar on 25 June 1907.[2]

Mersey departing from Portsmouth Naval Base 12 November 2008

Affiliations
HMSEaglet TS Ardent Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Liverpool.

External links
Media related to HMS Mersey (P283) at Wikimedia Commons

References
[1] http:/ / en. wikipedia. org/ w/ index. php?title=HMS_Mersey_(P283)& action=edit [2] HMS Mersey to be final RN ship launched from Woolston (http:/ / www. vtplc. com/ Media/ Pressreleases/ HMSMERSEYTOBEFIN/ )

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