HMS Tyne (P281)

HMS Tyne on exercise in 2011
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tyne
Ordered	April 2001
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched	1 July 2002
Commissioned	4 July 2003
Homeport	Portsmouth
Identification	IMO number: 9261322 MMSI number: 234605000 Callsign: GAAD Pennant number: P281
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	River-class patrol vessel
Displacement	1,700 tonnes[1]
Length	79.5 m (260 ft 10 in)
Beam	13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4,125 kW (5,532 hp) at 1,000 rpm
Propulsion	Two Ruston 12RK 270 diesel engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Endurance	21 days
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × rigid inflatable boats
Troops	20
Complement	30
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × General purpose machine guns
Notes	Fit with 25-tonne crane[2]

HMS Tyne is a River-class offshore patrol vessel built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton for the Royal Navy to serve as a fishery protection unit within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Severn. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island-class patrol vessels.

Tyne is the sixth Royal Navy ship to carry the name and was featured in the first episode of the BBC series Empire of the Seas, "How the Navy Forged the Modern World, Heart of Oak", presented by Dan Snow.