RV Triton

RV Triton berthed alongside HMS Belfast in the Pool of London
History
United Kingdom
Name	RV Triton
Namesake	Triton
Ordered	August 1998
Builder	VT Group
Cost	Circa £20m (incl. £13.5m from VT)[2]
Launched	6 May 2000
Acquired	August 2000
Fate	Sold to Gardline Marine Sciences, 2005 Leased to Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, December 2006, sold 2015 and laid up in UK.
Status	As of 15/2/22 she is currently moored in Hull behind the Siemens Windfarm Blade factory. [1]
Australia
Name	ACV Triton
Acquired	December 2006
Decommissioned	2015
In service	2006–2015
Identification	IMO number: 4906551 MMSI number: 235114368 Callsign: 2JAU7
Fate	Sold and returned to UK
Status	Laid up as of 2017
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,236 GT[3]
Length	318 ft 3 in (97.00 m)
Beam	73 ft 8 in (22.45 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric propulsion, single shaft
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	14 crew and up to 28 customs officers (Australian service)
Armament	2 × .50 calibre heavy machine guns (Australian service)

The Research Vessel Triton is a trimaran vessel owned by Gardline Marine Sciences Limited and a former prototype British warship demonstrator for the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (later QinetiQ). She was built as a technology demonstrator ship for the Royal Navy's Future Surface Combatant, and has been used to both prove the viability of the hull-form and as a trials platform for other QinetiQ innovations.^[4] The ship was used by the Australian Border Force's Marine Unit, and was for a time moored in the River Fal near the King Harry chain ferry. Up until July 2019 she was moored on the River Yare, Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England.^[5]