UKBF 42m Customs Cutter

HMC Valiant of the Border Force, 2008
Class overview
Name42m Customs Cutter
BuildersDamen Group, Netherlands
Operators Border Force
Cost£4.3M per unit
Built2001–2004
In service2001–present
Completed4
Active4
General characteristics
TypeCustoms Cutter & Patrol
Displacement257 tonnes
Length42.80 m (140.4 ft)[1]
Beam7.11 m (23.3 ft)[1]
Draught2.52 m (8.3 ft)[1]
Installed power4,176 kW (5,600 hp)
Propulsion
  • Two Caterpillar 3516B DI-TA Elec
  • Two 3.5:1 reduction gearboxes
  • Two 4-blade controllable pitch propellers
  • One Promac bow thruster
  • Two 106 kVA generator sets
Speed26 knots (48 km/h)
Range1,750 nmi (3,240 km) at 12 kn
Endurance14 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • One 7 m RIB (32 kn)
  • One 3.8 m Rescue Boat
Complement12

The UKBF 42m Customs Cutter, formerly HMRC 42m Customs Cutter & UKBA 42m Customs Cutter, is a class of four patrol vessels, derived from the Dutch Damen Stan Patrol 4207 design, operated by the UK Border Force.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Valiant – Damen Shipyards Gorinchem delivers a Damen Stan Patrol 4207 to H.M. Customs and Excise" (PDF). Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  2. ^ "The UK Border Agency's fleet of cutters". UK Border Agency. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Home Secretary launches new Border Force cutter to protect UK coastline – News stories – GOV.UK". Retrieved 7 August 2016.