HMS Charger (P292)
HMS Charger at Bangor, 2006 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Charger |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Builder |
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| Launched | 1986 |
| Commissioned | 1988 |
| Homeport | HMS Eaglet, Liverpool |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Archer-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 54 tonnes |
| Length | 20.8 m (68 ft) |
| 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 | |
| Range | 550 nmi (1,020 km) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Decca 1216 navigation radar |
| Armament | |
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HMS Charger is an Archer-class patrol vessel built by Watercraft Limited, Shoreham-by-Sea and fitted out at Vosper Thornycroft. She is just over 20 metres long and 5.8 metres wide and powered by two Rolls-Royce turbo engines. The ship is based at HMS Eaglet, the Royal Naval Headquarters in Liverpool and was commissioned in 1988. She has five full-time RN crew, and sails with an RNR training officer and a maximum complement of 12 students. She is attached to the Liverpool University Royal Naval Unit.