HMS Tyne (P281)

HMS Tyne on exercise in 2011
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Tyne
Operator:	Royal Navy
Ordered:	April 2001
Builder:	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched:	27 April 2002
Commissioned:	4 July 2003
Homeport:	Portsmouth
Identification:	Pennant number: P281
Status:	in active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type:	River-class patrol vessel
Displacement:	1,700 tonnes[1]
Length:	79.5 metres
Beam:	13.6 metres
Draught:	3.8 metres
Installed power:	4,125 kW (5,532 hp) at 1,000 rpm
Propulsion:	2 × Ruston 12RK 270 diesel engines
Speed:	20 kn (37 km/h)
Range:	7,800 nautical miles (14,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats and landing craft carried:	2 × rigid inflatable boats
Complement:	30 (accommodation for up to 50)
Armament:	1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × General purpose machine guns

HMS Tyne is the sixth Royal Navy ship to carry the name Tyne. She is a River-class offshore patrol 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.

Tyne was featured in the first episode of the BBC series Empire of the Seas, "How the Navy Forged the Modern World, Heart of Oak", presented by Dan Snow

Description

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 is fitted, to enable standard containers to be used. The deck is also large enough to permit the transport of other craft such as oil spill recovery tractors and landing craft.

Affiliations

Her affiliations include North Tyneside Council, St Catherines Primary School, Hadrian Special Needs Primary School, TS Caledonia (Peterhead Sea Cadets unit), TS Tyne (Newburn Sea Cadets unit), and the Worshipful Company of Butchers.

References

External links

• Royal Navy HMS Tyne (royalnavy.mod.uk)
• Media related to HMS Tyne (P281) at Wikimedia Commons

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