HMS Explorer (P164)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Explorer |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Commissioned: | 1986 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| 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 Explorer (P164) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy.
The ship is assigned to the Yorkshire Universities Royal Naval Unit (URNU), serving the universities of York, Hull, Sheffield and Leeds. The commanding officer is Lieutenant Jonathan Bannister.[citation needed]
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Videos
30 July 2009: HMS Explorer was deployed to the Scottish Western Isles in company with HMS Raider, HMS Exploit and HMS Example.
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