HMS Tyne (P281)

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Name: HMS Tyne (P281)
Operator: Royal Navy
Ordered: April 2001
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft
Commissioned: January 2003
Fate: Active in service as of 2008
General characteristics
Class and type: River class patrol vessel
Displacement: 1,677 tonnes
Length: 79.9 m
Beam: 13.6 m
Draught: 3.8 m
Propulsion: 2 × Ruston 12RK 270 Main engines developing 4,125 kW @ 1,000 rpm
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range: 7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats and landing
craft carried:
2 × Halmatic Jet Pacific 22 Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIB)
Complement: 30 (+ Royal Marine boarding party)
Armament: 1 × 20 mm British Manufacturing and Research Company (BMARC) KAA
2 × General purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried: Capable of supporting one small/medium helicopter (Sea King or Merlin)

HMS Tyne (Pennant number P281) is the sixth Royal Navy ship to carry the name Tyne. She is a River class offshore patrol vessel vessel built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton to serve as a fishery protection unit within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Severn. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island class patrol vessels.

The ships have large working decks to allow the vessels to cope in several roles, such as disaster relief, fire fighting, rescue work, and interception of other vessels. For this purpose a crane capable of lifting 25 tonnes for the use of standard containers is fitted. The deck is also large enough to permit the transport of other craft such as Oil Spill Recovery Tractors and landing craft.

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