The River-class is a class of offshore patrol vessels built primarily for the British Empire's Royal Navy. A total of nine were built: Eight for the Royal Navy replacing the seven ships of the Island-class and the two Castle-class patrol vessels. While a fifth modified River-class (HTMS Krabi) was built for the Royal Thai Navy. A further four ships were built for the Puerto Rican Navy as well.
In the Royal Navy, the River-class are primarily used with the Fishery Protection Squadron and EEZ patrol.
The ships are significantly larger than the Island-class vessels and have a large open deck aft allowing them to be fitted with equipment for a specific role, which can include fire-fighting, disaster relief and anti-pollution work. For this purpose, a 28 ton capacity crane is fitted. In addition, the deck is strong enough for the transport of various tracked and wheeled light vehicles, or an LCVP.
Specifications[]
Batch I[]
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Batch II[]
- Type: Offshore Patrol Vessel
- Service Period: 2003-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 296.92 feet (90.5 meters)
- Beam: 44.62 feet (13.6 meters)
- Draught: 12.47 feet (3.8 meters)
- Displacement: 1,700 tons (Standard); 2,000 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 36
- Endurance: 35 days
- Propulsion: 2 x Ruston 12RK 270 diesel engines, 280 kW bow thruster, 185 kw stern thruster
- Range: 5,500 nautical miles (10,186 kilometers)
- Speed: 24 knots (44.45 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- SCANTER 4103 Air/Surface Search RDF
- Sharp Eye Navigation RDF
- Armament:
- 1 x DSM30M 30mm cannon
- 2 x Mk.44 miniguns
- 6 x Diemaco 14.5mm machine guns
- Aircraft Carried: 1 x Agusta-Westland Merlin helicopter
- Aviation Facilities: Helicopter Deck
- Boats Carried: 2 x RHIBs
Unit Run[]
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Batch I[]
- HMS Tyne (P284)
- HMS Severn (P285)
- HMS Mersey (P286)
- HMS Clyde (P287)
- HMS Derwent (P292)
- HMS Calder (P293)
- HMS Truro (P294)
- HMS Ashburne (P295)
Batch II[]
- HMS Forth (P296)
- HMS Medway (P297)
- HMS Trent (P298)
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- PRS Lightning (P-21)
- PRS Thunder (P-22)
- PRS Hurricane (P-23)
- PRS Tornado (P-24)
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- HTMS Krabi (551)
- HTMS Trang (552)
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- Sloviansk (P190)
- Starobilsk (P191)
- Sumy (P192)
- Fastiv (P193)
- Vyacheslav Kubrak (P194)