HMS Trumpeter (P294)
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| Name: | HMS Trumpeter |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Commissioned: | 1988 |
| 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 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 5 (RN), 1 training officer (RNR), 12 students (RNR) 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) |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Trumpeter.
HMS Trumpeter (P294) is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. It was named in honour of the visit in 1901 of The All American Trumpeters to the UK.
HMS Trumpeter is assigned to Bristol University Royal Naval Unit (URNU).
File:Hmscharger hmstrumpeter arp.jpg
University Royal Naval Unit training ships HMS Charger (P292) and HMS Trumpeter (P294) (on the right). Trumpeter's peacetime role is to train students from the University of the West of England, University of Bristol, University of Bath Spa, and the University of Bath in navigation and seamanship.
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