HMC Searcher

The UK Border Force ship Searcher at Weymouth in 2016.
History
United Kingdom
NameSearcher
BuilderDamen Group, Netherlands
Launched2002
Commissioned2002
Identification
General characteristics
Class and typeUKBF 42m Customs Cutter
Length42.80 m (140.4 ft)
Beam7.11 m (23.3 ft)
Draught2.52 m (8.3 ft)
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 Searcher is one of four cutter ships operated by UK Border Force in the role of patrolling the waters of the United Kingdom. She was launched by Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands in 2002.