 HMC Protector in Mytilene port, Greece
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| History | |
|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Finland | |
| Name | Tavi |
| Operator | 2002–2013: Finnish Border Guard |
| Ordered | January 2000 |
| Builder | Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy, Uusikaupunki, Finland |
| Yard number | 20125[1] |
| Launched | January 2002 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Sold to UK Border Force in August 2013 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Protector |
| Operator | 2013–present: UK Border Force |
| Acquired | August 2013 |
| Commissioned | 17 March 2014 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Telkkä-class Customs Cutter |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 434 t (427 long tons; 478 short tons) |
| Length | 49.7 m (163 ft)[3] |
| Beam | 7.3 m (24 ft)[1] |
| Draught | 3.65 m (12.0 ft)[4] |
| Installed power | 5,000 kW (6,700 hp)[1] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) [1] |
| Armament | None |
HMC Protector is a Border Force (customs) cutter of the United Kingdom, formerly the Tavi of the Finnish Border Guard. She was built by Uki Workboat in Finland and was acquired by the UK Border Force in 2013. After a period of refit, the vessel was commissioned by the then Home Secretary Theresa May on 17 March 2014. Protector replaced HMC Sentinel, which was retired in 2013.
- ^ a b c d "IHS Maritime Portal (subscription required)". Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ a b c "FleetMon Tracking of HMC Protector". Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ "Protector - Home Secretary launches new Border Force cutter to protect UK coastline". Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ a b "TELKKÄ Frontier Guarding Vessel". Retrieved 2017-08-10.