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Raider 2003

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
P163 (ex-A163) Express P164 (ex-A153) Explorer P165 (ex-A154) Example P167 (ex-A167) Exploit P264 Archer P270 Biter P272 Smiter P273 Pursuer P274 Tracker P275 Raider P279 Blazer P280 Dasher P291 Puncher P292 Charger P293 Ranger P294 Trumpeter	Watercraft, Shoreham: P163-165, 167, 264, 270, 272 Watercraft, Shoreham // Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouth: P273, 279, 280, 291-294 BMT (Kingfisher Boats, Falmouth // Ailsa, Troon): P274, 275	1985: P264, 270 1986: P272 1988: P273, 279, 280, 291-294 1985 // 1994: P165 1986 // 1994: P164 1988 // 1994: P163, 167 1998: P274, 275	None	none	in service (2019): P163-165, 167, 264, 270, 272-275, 279, 280, 291-294

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	44
Displacement full, t	49
Length, m	18.0 pp 20.8 oa
Breadth, m	5.80
Draught, m	1.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	P163-165, 167, 264, 270, 272, 273, 279, 280, 291-294: 2 Perkins CV M800T diesels P274, 275: 2 MTU 12V193TB92 diesels
Power, h. p.	P163-165, 167, 264, 270, 272, 273, 279, 280, 291-294: 1590 P274, 275: 2000
Max speed, kts	P163-165, 167, 264, 270, 272, 273, 279, 280, 291-294: 22.5 P274, 275: 25
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	550(15)
Armament	P293, 294: 1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90 others: provision for 1 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment	Decca AC1216 radar
Complement	5 + 13 trainers

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Project history

Glass-reinforced plastic construction, deep-vee, hard-chine hulls.

Modernizations

late 1990s, Ranger, Trumpeter: - 1 x 1 - 20/90

Naval service

P293 and P294 serve as patrol and SAR craft at Gibraltar. A153, 154, 163 and 167 served as RNAS training boats till early 1994 but recommissioned in July 1994 as patrols.