HMS Trent (P224)
HMS Trent entering Portsmouth for the first time | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Trent |
| Ordered | August 2014 |
| Builder | BAE Systems Naval Ships |
| Laid down | 7 October 2015 (Steel cut) |
| Launched | 20 March 2018 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs Pamela Potts |
| Christened | 13 March 2018 |
| Commissioned | 3 August 2020 |
| Homeport | Portsmouth (forward deployed to Gibraltar) |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Laureata per labore
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| Status | In active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Batch 2 River-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 2,000 tonnes |
| 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 | Two rigid inflatable boats |
| Troops | up to 50 |
| Complement | 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 Trent is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel, named after the River Trent. This is the sixth Royal Navy ship named Trent. She is the third Batch 2 River-class vessel to be commissioned and is forward deployed to Gibraltar for operations in the Mediterranean and Gulf of Guinea.