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| Career (UK)
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| Name: |
HMS Pursuer |
| Operator: |
Royal Navy |
| Builder: |
Vosper Thornycroft |
| Status: |
in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics
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| Class and type: |
Archer class patrol vessel |
| Displacement: |
49 tons |
| Length: |
20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: |
5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Draught: |
1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts, Rolls Royce M800T diesels, 1,590 bhp |
| Speed: |
18 knots |
| Range: |
550 nmi (1,020 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: |
5 (RN), 1 training officer (RNR), 12 students (URNU) or 12 (RN) |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
Decca 1216 navigation radar |
| Armament: |
3 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG (Cyprus Sqn.) (can be fitted with 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle) |
HMS Pursuer (P273) is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy, until recently part of the Royal Navy Cyprus Squadron (RNCS), formed in February 2003 in support of Operation Telic, the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. Previous to this she was the training vessel for Sussex University Royal Naval Unit (SUSURNU).
In 2010, she is reported as having returned to duties at HMNB Clyde.
