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Mersey 2008 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tyne	P281	4303	Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston	3.9.2001	29.4.2002	4.7.2003	stricken 5.2018
Severn	P282	4304	Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston	17.6.2002	4.12.2002	31.7.2003	stricken 10.2017
Mersey	P283	4305	Vosper-Thornycroft, Woolston	16.12.2002	25.6.2003	26.3.2004	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1670
Displacement full, t	1800
Length, m	73.6 pp 79.8 oa
Breadth, m	13.6
Draught, m	4.15
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN-Burmeister & Wain-Ruston 12RK270 diesels
Power, h. p.	11280
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 325
Endurance, nm(kts)	5500(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/85 GAM-B01, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment	2x Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-3 5000 ARPA radars
Complement	45 + 3 commandos

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Project history

Ordered as replacements for the remaining Island-class offshore patrol ships in the fisheries protection role. The ships are RN crewed but owned by the contractor and leased to the Royal Navy for five-year periods, with options for a 10-year renewal, purchase, or return to the builder/owner. In 2010 the M.O.D. announced that the service was considering purchasing the first three units outright should funding become available. The ships are expected to operate for 320 days per year.

Two Halmatic Pacific 22 inspection RIBs are carried, and a 25-ton capacity crane is fitted to handle containerized disaster relief, antipollution, firefighting, rescue, and other modules. The hull was designed so that a section can be inserted amidships to accommodate additional crew and equipment, as was done for P 257. The use of flat-panel hull plating results in a considerable angled knuckle abreast the pilothouse. A helicopter deck capable of handling a Merlin could be added later.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.