HMS Tracker (P274)

HMS Tracker in 2006
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tracker
OperatorRoyal Navy
BuilderAilsa Shipbuilding Company
CommissionedJanuary 1998
HomeportHMNB Clyde
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and typeArcher-class patrol vessel
Displacement54 tonnes
Length20.8 m (68 ft)
Beam5.8 m (19 ft)
Draught1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 shafts, Rolls-Royce MTU V12 diesel engines
Speed
  • 20 kn (37 km/h)
  • 45 kn (83 km/h) (Hull design, but limited by gearbox and shaft tourque)
Range400 nmi (740 km)
Complement12
Sensors and
processing systems
Sperry Marine Navigation Radar
Armament
ArmourBallistic protection fitted

HMS Tracker is an Archer-class (P2000) patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy.[1][2] Along with the batch 2 Archer class, HMS Raider, Tracker is part of the Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron based at HMNB Clyde.

  1. ^ "Patrol Boats – Archer class". Royal Navy. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Archer Class P2000 (URNU)". Armed Forces.net. Retrieved 9 March 2019.