HMS Ranger, 2007
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Ranger |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
Commissioned | 1988 |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
Identification |
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Motto | Range far to seek the foe |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Archer-class patrol vessel |
Displacement | 54 tonnes |
Length | 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels |
Speed | |
Range | 550 nmi (1,020 km) |
Complement |
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Armament |
HMS Ranger is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy, based in HMNB Portsmouth.[1][2] She is affiliated to Sussex and Brighton Universities' University Royal Naval Unit (or SUSURNU), which has its offices at the University of Sussex, Brighton. Her badge is a ship's wheel superimposed on seven blue roundels, representing the seven seas.
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