&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Spey_Pearl_Harbour_December_2021.jpg) HMS Spey in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 2021
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Spey |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Ordered | 8 December 2016 |
| Builder | BAE Systems Naval Ships |
| Laid down | 21 April 2017 (1st steel cut) |
| Launched | 19 June 2019 |
| Sponsored by | Lady Alison Johnstone |
| Christened | 3 October 2019 |
| Commissioned | 18 June 2021 |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth[1] (forward deployed to the Indo-Pacific region with primary logistics hub at the British Defence Singapore Support Unit in Singapore)[2] |
| Identification | Pennant number: P234 |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Spey_badge.svg){kind=icon} |
| 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 | Two rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) |
| Troops | up to 50 |
| Crew | 34-45[4][5][6] |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Aircraft carried | Merlin capable flight deck; small UAVs may be embarked[14] |
| Notes | Fit with 16-tonne crane |
HMS Spey is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Spey in Scotland, she is the eighth Royal Navy ship to be named Spey and is the fifth Batch 2 River-class vessel to commission and is forward deployed long-term to the Indo-Pacific region with her sister ship HMS Tamar.
- ^ "River Class". Royal Navy. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Graham, Euan (19 October 2021). "Reflections on the Royal Navy's Indo-Pacific engagement". International Institute for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Work begins on third Royal Navy Patrol Vessel" (Press release). GOV.UK. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "River Class | Royal Navy".
- ^ "River-Class Offshore Patrol Vessels, UK".
- ^ "Introducing the Royal Navy's new Offshore Patrol Vessels".
- ^ "Britain orders Kelvin Hughes radar system". United Press International. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Terma's SCANTER 4100 radar system has been selected and ordered by BAE Systems for integration on board Royal Navy's OPVs" (Press release). Terma A/S. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Combat Management Systems". BAE Systems. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "River-Class Batch 2 OPV 'HMS Trent' Commissioned With Royal Navy". Naval News. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "In focus: the Fleet Solid Support ship design". Navy Lookout. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ @NavyLookout (20 November 2022). "HMS Spey" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Twitter.
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- ^ "In focus: the 50 cal heavy machine gun in Royal Navy service". Navy Lookout. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ @NavyLookout (19 April 2024). "@NavyLookout Basic but does the job... Puma UAV launched from @HMS_Spey during recent operations off South Korea" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 April 2024 – via Twitter.