_Helsinki.JPG) HMSExample leavingHelsinki via the Särkänsalmi strait, 2012 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSExample |
| Builder | Watercraft, Shoreham By Sea |
| Launched | 1985 |
| Christened | XSVExample |
| Acquired | 1994 |
| Commissioned | 1994 |
| Homeport | 'Port of Tyne' |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Lead by Example |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Archer-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 54 tonnes[1] |
| Length | 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Height | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts,Rolls-Royce M800Tdiesels, 1,590 bhp (1,186 kW) |
| Speed | |
| Range | 550 nmi (1,020 km) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Decca 1216 navigation radar |
| Armament | |
HMSExample is anArcher-class patrol and training vessel of theRoyal Navy, based atHMS Calliope inGateshead,England.Example was originally built for theRoyal Naval Auxiliary Service, and was transferred to the Royal Navy when the RNXS disbanded in 1994. On transfer, she retained her name, and became the first ship in the Royal Navy to bear that name.[2]
HMSExample is currently part of the Coastal Forces Squadron, formerly 1st Patrol Boat Squadron.[3] The mission statement of the CFS is to "provide support to allow the conduct of safe and effective P2000 operations in support of the URNU sea-training syllabus"; URNU is acronym forUniversity Royal Naval Unit.Example is attached to the Northumbrian URNU, is based at the shore establishment HMSCalliope in Gateshead, and has a crew of 5 (plus up to 12 students).[1][4]
Example acts as a training ship for students atDurham,Newcastle,Northumbria,Teesside andSunderland universities. The ship takes part in deployments over the university summer and Easter holidays, giving the students an opportunity to spend a longer amount of time living on board the ship and to experience larger scale naval operations with other URNUs.[5]
Example was built by Watercraft Ltd ofShoreham by Sea andlaunched in 1985. She was initially delivered to theRoyal Navy Auxiliary Service (RNXS) as an auxiliary service vessel with thepennant number A153. She was the lead vessel of a batch of four vessels known as theExample class, but was identical in design to theArcher class of patrol boats being simultaneously built for the Royal Navy.[1]
Example and hersisters were transferred to the Royal Navy when the RNXS disbanded in 1994. She retained her existing name, but was reclassified as a patrol boat of theArcher class, and was given the new pennant number of P165.[1]
The ship played a prominent role in the 2004Entente Cordiale celebrations, and escortedHMS Endurance in the 2005International Fleet Review. In summer 2006 the ship celebrated its 21st birthday with divisions at HMSCalliope with the salute taken by N Sherlock, Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear. In 2008,Example took a prominent role in the Tyneside celebrations to mark the centenary of the Territorial Army centred on the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.[6]
In 2012, in the company of sister shipsExplorer,Ranger andTrumpeter,Example undertook a 12-week deployment visitingBelgium, theNetherlands andGermany before transiting theKiel Canal and attendingKiel Week. The deployment continued toStockholm,St Petersburg andTallinn before returning to the UK.[4]
In November 2016,Example rejoined the fleet after a prolonged refit during which she received new engines allowing the ship to reach speeds of up to 22 knots (41 km/h).[7]
I can confirm that Ministerial approval for the change in name from 1st Patrol Boat Squadron to Coastal Forces Squadron was given on 21 May 2020.
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