HMS Pursuer (P273)
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Name: | HMS Pursuer |
Operator: | Royal Navy |
Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Archer class patrol vessel |
Displacement: | 49 tons |
Length: | 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) |
Beam: | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
Draught: | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion: | 2 shafts, Rolls Royce M800T diesels, 1,590 bhp |
Speed: | 18 knots |
Range: | 550 nmi (1,020 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement: | 5 (RN), 1 training officer (RNR), 12 students (URNU) or 12 (RN) |
Sensors and processing systems: |
Decca 1216 navigation radar |
Armament: | 3 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG (Cyprus Sqn.) (can be fitted with 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle) |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Pursuer.
HMS Pursuer (P273) is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy, part of the Royal Navy Cyprus Squadron (RNCS), formed in February 2003 in support of Operation Telic, the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. Previous to this she was the training vessel for Sussex University Royal Naval Unit (SUSURNU).
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