HMS Forth (P222)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Forth
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	August 2014
Builder	BAE Systems Naval Ships
Laid down	10 October 2014 (steel cut)
Launched	20 August 2016
Sponsored by	Rachel Johnstone-Burt
Christened	9 March 2017
Commissioned	13 April 2018[1]
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth[2] (forward deployed to Mare Harbour in the Falkland Islands)
Identification	IMO number: 9752058 MMSI number: 232005742 Callsign: GFTH Pennant number: P222
Motto	"Go Forth and Conquer"
Status	In service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Batch 2 River-class patrol vessel
Displacement	2,000 tonnes
Length	90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)[3]
Beam	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Endurance	35 days
Boats & landing craft carried	Two rigid inflatable boats
Troops	50 Royal Marines
Complement	34 minimum[4][5][6]
Sensors and processing systems	Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar[7] Terma Scanter 4100 2D radar[8] BAE CMS-1[9] Shared Infrastructure operating system
Armament	1 × 30 mm cannon 2 × general purpose machine guns[10] 2 × miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023)[11]
Aviation facilities	Merlin-capable flight deck
Notes	Fit with 16-tonne crane

HMS Forth is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel in active service with the Royal Navy. Named after the River Forth, she is the first Batch 2 River-class vessel to be built. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 13 April 2018, following a commissioning ceremony at her homeport HMNB Portsmouth. In January 2020 she replaced HMS Clyde as the Falkland Islands patrol ship.^[12]