HMS Archer, seen at the inner harbour of Vlissingen (the Netherlands) on 17 July 2007.

[b]Technical Information[/b]

Homeport: Aberdeen
Length: 20 m
Breath: 5,8 m
Draft: 1,9 m
Displacement: 54 Tonnes
Top Speed: 20 Knots
Propulsion: 2 Perkins (RR) CV12 Turbo Diesels
Complement: 17 (5 permanent Ship's Company)

HMS Archer became the Unit training vessel in March 1991, and is based in Aberdeen. She is a 20 metre P2000 Fast Patrol Boat, built by Watercraft in 1985. There is accommodation for 12 people on board, as well as a good navigational fit of radar, GPS, Decca, and gyro compass. Each year she spends three weeks at Easter in the Western Isles and seven weeks in the summer deployed to Europe and the UK in company with the other URNU training vessels.

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2959

Regards,

Ronald de Hondt
www.schepenopdewesterschelde.web-log.nl