HMS Scimitar off Gibraltar with Type 45 Destroyer HMS Daring in 2016
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Scimitar |
Builder | Halmatic Ltd, Portsmouth |
Launched | December 1992 |
Commissioned | 2003 |
Decommissioned | 30 March 2022 |
Identification |
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Status | Awaiting disposal |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Scimitar-class patrol vessel |
Displacement | 24 tonnes (24 long tons) |
Length | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × MAN 2480LXE diesels, 2 shafts |
Speed | 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) |
Range | 260 nmi (480 km) at 19 kn (35 km/h) |
Complement | 7 (1 officer, 6 ratings) |
Sensors and processing systems | Racal-Decca Bridgemaster 360, I band navigation radar |
Armament | 2 × General purpose machine guns (stern-mounted) |
HMS Scimitar was a Scimitar-class fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy. She is a Lifespan Patrol Vessel type boat and formerly served in inland waterway duties in Northern Ireland as MV Grey Fox. She was acquired to serve with the Gibraltar Squadron, tasked with policing, customs and search and rescue duties. This released an Archer-class patrol vessel for tasking with the Cyprus Squadron.