&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Example_(P165)_Helsinki.JPG) HMS Example leaving Helsinki via the Särkänsalmi strait, 2012
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Example |
| Builder | Watercraft, Shoreham By Sea |
| Launched | 1985 |
| Christened | XSV Example |
| Acquired | 1994 |
| Commissioned | 1994 |
| Homeport | 'Port of Tyne' |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Lead by Example |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Archer-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 54 tonnes[1] |
| Length | 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Height | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, Rolls-Royce M800T diesels, 1,590 bhp (1,186 kW) |
| Speed | |
| Range | 550 nmi (1,020 km) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors and processing systems | Decca 1216 navigation radar |
| Armament | |
HMS Example is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the Royal Navy, based at HMS Calliope in Gateshead, England. Example was originally built for the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service, and was transferred to the Royal Navy when the RNXS disbanded in 1994. On transfer, she retained her name, and became the first ship in the Royal Navy to bear that name.[2]
HMS Example is currently part of the Coastal Forces Squadron, formerly 1st Patrol Boat Squadron.[3] The mission statement of the CFS is to "provide support to allow the conduct of safe and effective P2000 operations in support of the URNU sea-training syllabus"; URNU is acronym for University Royal Naval Unit. Example is attached to the Northumbrian URNU, is based at the shore establishment HMS Calliope in Gateshead, and has a crew of 5 (plus up to 12 students).[1][4]
Example acts as a training ship for students at Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside and Sunderland universities. The ship takes part in deployments over the university summer and Easter holidays, giving the students an opportunity to spend a longer amount of time living on board the ship and to experience larger scale naval operations with other URNUs.[5]
- ^ a b "Patrol boats". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "HMS Example (P165)". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Coastal Forces Squadron" (PDF). whatdotheyknow.com. Whatdotheyknow.com. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
I can confirm that Ministerial approval for the change in name from 1st Patrol Boat Squadron to Coastal Forces Squadron was given on 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Seafaring students sail to the Baltic with the Royal Navy". UK Government. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Bowe, Charlotte (29 April 2018). "University crews navigate North Sea to museum". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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