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HMS Puncher (P291) at Portsmouth
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| Career (UK)
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| Name: |
HMS Puncher |
| Operator: |
Royal Navy |
| Builder: |
Vosper Thornycroft |
| Commissioned: |
1986 |
| Motto: |
"Never give in" |
| 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: |
12 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.) |
HMS Puncher (P291) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy built by Watercraft of Shoreham and fitted out by Vosper Thorneycroft in Portsmouth.
Puncher first role is for sea based training of the students of the University of London's University Royal Naval Unit (URNU). She is also used to train Combined Cadet Forces and Sea Cadet Corps members and navigational training officers in the Fleet and Royal Marines in preparation for navigating landing craft.
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