HMS Severn (P282)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Severn.

HMS Severn, 2012
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Severn
OrderedApril 2001
BuilderVosper Thornycroft
Launched4 December 2002
Commissioned31 July 2003
Decommissioned27 October 2017
Recommissioned28 August 2021
HomeportPortsmouth
Identification
MottoFides invicta triumphat (Latin: Faith unconquered triumphs)
Nickname(s)"Lucky Severn", "Magnificent Severn"
Honours and
awards		Algiers 1816, Belgian Coast 1914, Konigsberg action 1915, Norway 1940, Atlantic 1940–41, Sicily 1943, Aegean 1943
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeRiver-class patrol vessel
Displacement1,700 t (1,700 long tons)[1]
Length79.5 m (260 ft 10 in)
Beam13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power4,125 kW (5,532 hp) at 1,000 rpm
Propulsion2 × Ruston 12RK 270 diesel engines
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Endurance21 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × RHIB
Troops20
Complement30
Armament
NotesFit with 25-tonne crane[2]

HMS Severn is a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Severn, the ship is the first to bear the name in 56 years. She was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton, England, to serve primarily as a fishery protection unit within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Tyne. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island-class patrol vessels. The ship was decommissioned in 2017, but the Government decided to recommission her as part of Brexit preparedness. She returned to service in 2020 and was recommissioned into the Royal Navy on 28 August 2021.[3]

  1. ^ "BAE Systems Offshore Patrol Vessels". baesystems.com. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. ^ "River Class". Naval Technology. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference RNwebrecommissioning was invoked but never defined (see the help page).