Builder:
Watercraft Limited, Shoreham-by-Sea
Vosper Thornycroft
Launched:
1986
Commissioned:
1988
Homeport:
Liverpool
Identification:
MMSI number: 235009880
Callsign: GAAX
Pennant number: P292
Status:
in active service
General characteristics
Class and 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:
14 kn (26 km/h)
45 kn (83 km/h) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted)
Range:
550 nmi (1,020 km)
Complement:
18 (training)[N 1]
12 (operational)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Decca 1216 navigation radar
Armament:
1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle ("for but not with")
3 × General purpose machine guns[N 2]