HMS Tracker (P274)

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Career (UK)
HMS Tracker (P274) in Cornwall, England 2006
Name:	HMS Tracker
Operator:	Royal Navy
Builder:	BMT
Commissioned:	January 1998
Homeport:	HMNB Portsmouth
Fate:	Active in service as of 2008
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Archer class patrol vessel
Displacement:	54 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 × MTU V12 diesels
Speed:	24 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

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Tracker.

HMS Tracker (P274) is an Archer-class (P2000) patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy, used for training purposes by the Oxford University Royal Naval Unit (URNU). Part of the 1st Patrol Boat Squadron (1PBS), the vessel is based at HMNB Portsmouth, and is used to familiarise potential officers in the workings of the Royal Navy. She is the third ship to bear the name HMS Tracker. HMS Tracker is one of two Batch 2 P2000s and is capable of a speed in excess of 20 knots. She recently came out of refit.

[edit] Oxford University Royal Naval Unit

Oxford University Royal Naval Unit was founded in 1994 to educate high calibre undergraduates as to the role and function of the Royal Navy. It recruits students primarily from Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University and Reading University. Based at Falklands House in Oxford, Oxford URNU offers training in navigation and seamanship to around 51 undergraduates through a programme of classroom-based instruction at weekly 'drill nights' and sea time aboard HMS Tracker. Students hold the rank of Honorary Midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve and are paid for their time at standard Navy rates.