HMS Blazer (P279)
For other ships with the same name, see
HMS Blazer.
 HMS Blazer, 2007 |
| History |
 United Kingdom |
| Name: |
HMS Blazer |
| Operator: |
Royal Navy |
| Builder: |
Vosper Thornycroft |
| Commissioned: |
1988 |
| Motto: |
"Premier in the First" |
| Status: |
in active service |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Archer-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement: |
54 tonnes[1] |
| Length: |
20.8 m |
| Beam: |
5.8 m |
| Draught: |
1.8 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts, Rolls Royce M800T diesels, 1,590 bhp |
| Speed: |
- 24 kn (44 km/h)
- 45 kn (83 km/h) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted)
|
| Range: |
550 nmi (1,020 km) |
| Complement: |
- 16 (training)[N 1]
- 12 (operational)
|
Sensors and
processing systems: |
Decca 1216 navigation radar |
| Armament: |
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HMS Blazer is an Archer-class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vosper Thornycroft. She is just over 20 metres long and 5.8 metres wide and powered by two Rolls-Royce turbo engines. The ship is based at HMS Nelson, the shore base in Portsmouth and was commissioned in 1988.
She has four crew plus a commanding officer, and sails with a training officer and a complement of students. She is attached to the Southampton University Royal Naval Unit (SURNU), under the command of Lt Joseph Currin RN. Wider tasking includes: officer cadet training with Britannia Royal Naval College; VVIP visits; security patrols.
In 1993 she was involved in a fishing incident with French trawlers at the port of Cherbourg.
Notes
- ↑ 5 ship's company, 1 training officer, 10 URNU students.
- ↑ When operational and not in URNU role.
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