HMS Tyne (P281)

HMS Tyne on exercise in 2011
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tyne
OrderedApril 2001
BuilderVosper Thornycroft
Launched1 July 2002
Commissioned4 July 2003
HomeportPortsmouth
Identification
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeRiver-class patrol vessel
Displacement1,700 tonnes[1]
Length79.5 m (260 ft 10 in)
Beam13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power4,125 kW (5,532 hp) at 1,000 rpm
PropulsionTwo Ruston 12RK 270 diesel engines
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Endurance21 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 × rigid inflatable boats
Troops20
Complement30
Armament
NotesFit with 25-tonne crane[2]

HMS Tyne is a River-class offshore patrol vessel built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton for the Royal Navy to serve as a fishery protection unit within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Severn. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island-class patrol vessels.

Tyne is the sixth Royal Navy ship to carry the name and was featured in the first episode of the BBC series Empire of the Seas, "How the Navy Forged the Modern World, Heart of Oak", presented by Dan Snow.

  1. ^ "Offshore Patrol Vessels". BAE Systems. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. ^ "River Class". Naval Technology. Retrieved 19 October 2019.