&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Clyde_MOD_45158399.jpg) Clyde exercising off the Falklands, 2014
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Clyde |
| Ordered | 2005 |
| Builder | VT Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 2005 |
| Launched | 14 June 2006 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs Lesley Dunt, wife of Vice Admiral Peter Dunt (Retired) |
| Commissioned | 30 January 2007 |
| Decommissioned | 20 December 2019 |
| Renamed | RBNS Al-Zubara |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
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| Fate | Transferred to Royal Bahrain Naval Force on 7 August 2020. |
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 Bahrain | |
| Name | RBNS Al-Zubara |
| Namesake | Al Zubarah |
| Acquired | 7 August 2020 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River-class offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 1,850[1] to 2,000 tonnes.[2][3] |
| Length | 81.5 m (267 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Beam | 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Propulsion | Two Ruston 12RK 270 engines developing 4,125 kW (5,532 hp) at 1,000 rpm |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[1] |
| Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)[4] |
| Endurance | 21 days[4] |
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| Troops | 20[1] |
| Complement | 36[1] |
| Armament | |
| Aviation facilities | Merlin-capable flight deck[1] |
HMS Clyde (pennant number P257) was an offshore patrol vessel and was the tenth Royal Navy vessel to carry the name. She was launched on 14 June 2006 in Portsmouth Naval Base by VT Group shipbuilders in Portsmouth and is the fourth vessel of the River class, with a displacement of 2,000 tonnes and a 30 mm Oerlikon KCB gun in place of the 20 mm gun fitted to Tyne River-class ships. Clyde was decommissioned on the 20 December 2019 at HMNB Portsmouth and was returned to her owners at BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships, [5] although the ship remained under lease from BAE Systems to the Royal Navy until the end of March 2020.[6] In August 2020 Clyde was transferred to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bush, Steve (2014). British Warships and Auxiliaries. Maritime Books. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-1904459552.
- ^ Colledge, J. J. (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Publishers. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-61200-027-5.
- ^ "HMS Clyde". Royal Navy. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
At just over 2,000 tonnes displacement, she may not be the biggest ship in the Navy, but this is certainly made up for in capability.
- ^ a b "Offshore Patrol Vessels". BAE Systems. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "HMS Clyde's last drive home for Christmas". Royal Navy. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Rumours Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Clyde will be sold to Brazil are defunct". 30 December 2019.