HMS Tamar (P233)
Tamar during a visit to London in September 2020 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Tamar |
| Ordered | 8 December 2016 |
| Builder | BAE Systems Naval Ships |
| Laid down | 8 December 2016 (1st steel cut) |
| Launched | 10 October 2018 |
| Sponsored by | Brigitte Peach |
| Christened | 21 March 2019 |
| Commissioned | 17 December 2020 |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth (forward deployed to the Indo-Pacific region, with primary logistics hub at the British Defence Singapore Support Unit in Singapore) |
| Identification | Pennant number: P233 |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Batch 2 River-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 2,000 t (2,000 long tons) |
| Length | 90.5 m (296 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) |
| Endurance | 35 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × PAC24 Mk4 Sea Boats; Unmanned underwater vehicles may be embarked for mine countermeasures |
| Troops | up to 50 |
| Crew | 34-50 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Merlin capable flight deck; small UAVs may be embarked |
| Notes | Fit with 16-tonne crane |
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HMS Tamar is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Tamar in England, she is the fourth Batch 2 River-class vessel to be built and is forward deployed long-term to the Indo-Pacific region with her sister ship HMS Spey.