HMC Vigilant

HMC Vigilant entering Weymouth Harbour, November 2017
History
United Kingdom
NameVigilant
BuilderDamen Group, Netherlands
Launched2003
CommissionedJune 2003
Identification
General characteristics
Class and typeUKBF 42m Customs Cutter
Length42.80 m (140.4 ft)[3]
Beam7.11 m (23.3 ft)[3]
Draught2.52 m (8.3 ft)[3]
Installed power4,176 kW (5,600 hp)
Propulsion
  • Two Caterpillar 3516B DI-TA Elec
  • Two 3.5:1 reduction gearboxes
  • Two 4-blade controllable pitch propellers
  • One Promac bow thruster
  • Two 106kWA generator sets
Speed26 knots (48 km/h)
Range1,750 nmi (3,240 km) at 12kn
Endurance14 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • One 7m RIB (32 kn)
  • One 3.8m Rescue Boat
Complement12

HMC Vigilant is a Border Agency (customs) cutter of the United Kingdom. She was launched by Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands in 2003 and is one of four 42-metre (138 ft) cutters operated by the UK Border Force.

  1. ^ "9276353". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  2. ^ Boyle, Ian. "HM Revenue Cutters". Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  3. ^ a b c ""Valiant" - Damen Shipyards Gorinchem delivers a Damen Stan Patrol 4207 to H.M. Customs and Excise" (PDF). Retrieved 21 June 2009.