HMS Medway (P223)

HMS Medway on sea trials in 2018
History
United Kingdom
Name	Medway
Ordered	August 2014
Builder	BAE Systems Naval Ships
Laid down	8 June 2015 (Steel cut)[1]
Launched	23 August 2017
Sponsored by	Wendy Fallon
Christened	20 October 2017
Commissioned	19 September 2019
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth[2] (forward deployed to the Caribbean)
Identification	IMO number: 9752060 Pennant number: P223
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	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Troops	up to 50
Crew	34–45[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 DS30B gun 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 Medway is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Navy. Named after the River Medway in Kent, she was the second Batch 2 River-class vessel to be commissioned and is assigned long-term as Royal Navy guardship in the Caribbean.