HMSTyne(P281)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSTyne |
| Ordered | April 2001 |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Launched | 1 July 2002 |
| Commissioned | 4 July 2003 |
| Homeport | Portsmouth |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | River-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 1,700 tonnes[1] |
| Length | 79.5 m (260 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | 4,125 kW (5,532 hp) at 1,000 rpm |
| Propulsion | Two Ruston 12RK 270 diesel engines |
| Speed | 20knots(37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 5,500nmi(10,200 km; 6,300 mi) |
| Endurance | 21 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × rigid inflatable boats |
| Troops | 20 |
| Complement | 30 |
| Armament | |
| Notes | Fit with 25-tonne crane[2] |
HMSTyneis aRiver-classoffshore patrol vesselbuilt byVosper ThornycroftinSouthamptonfor theRoyal Navyto serve as a fishery protection unit within the United Kingdom's waters along with her twosister shipsMerseyandSevern.All three werecommissionedinto service in 2003 to replace the five olderIsland-class patrol vessels.
Tyneis the sixth Royal Navy ship to carry the name and was featured in the first episode of the BBC seriesEmpire of the Seas,"How the Navy Forged the Modern World, Heart of Oak", presented byDan Snow.
Construction[edit]
The first of her class,Tynewas built byVosper Thornycroftat itsWoolston, Southamptonshipyard in 2001. Following construction, she was launched on 1 July 2002 with an expected handover to the Royal Navy'sFishery Protection Squadronby November.[3]By January 2003, she had completed the first stage of her sea trials in theSolent.[4]
The first three River-class shipsTyne,SevernandMerseywere the first ever privately funded vessels received by the Royal Navy on charter.[3][5]They were chartered for five years, after which the Ministry of Defence could either purchase them outright or return them to VT.[5]
Operational history[edit]
Tynemade her first operational fishery protection patrol between January and February 2003.[6]In January 2004, having been on fishery protection duties, she helped coordinate a search and rescue following the capsizing of French fishing trawlerBugaled Breizhoff the coast ofCornwall.[7]
In September 2012, the Royal Navy purchasedTyneand her sister shipsSevernandMersey,having previously operated them on lease.[8]They had a remaining service life of 11 years.[9]
Aside from her day-to-day fishery protection duties,Tynehas occasionally been called upon to undertake escort roles in the UK Area of Interest. Two such examples occurred in the autumn of 2016 when she was twice assigned to escort Russian warships through theEnglish Channel.[10]
In March 2017, it was announced thatTynewould be manned by personnel usually assigned toHunt-classmine countermeasures vesselsto allow her crew to transfer to the Batch 2River-classHMSForthin build in Glasgow.[11]
Decommissioning and reactivation[edit]
In March 2018, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for DefenceGuto Bebbrevealed that £12.7M had been allocated from theEU Exit Preparedness Fundto preserveTyneand her two Batch 1 sister ships, should they be required to control and enforce UK waters and fisheries following the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.[12]In May 2018, the ship entered Portsmouth ahead of her pre-planned decommissioning, which was to take place on 24 May 2018. However, by July 2018, the ship was reportedly still flying thewhite ensignand therefore still in active service.[13]The Royal Navy subsequently clarified that a formal decommissioning ceremony had not taken place, confirming the ship was still commissioned, due to delays in the delivery of the ship's planned successor, HMSForth.[13][14]On 22 November 2018, Defence SecretaryGavin Williamsonfurther clarified thatTyneand her two Batch 1 sister ships would be retained in service and forward-operated from their affiliated rivers.[15]However, the idea of forward basing the Batch 1s was reportedly later abandoned. The ships are now to be retained in service until around 2028.[16]
Post-reactivation[edit]
Despite plans to stationTyneon her affiliated river, the ship remained base ported in Portsmouth as of February 2020.[17]Between 1 January 2014 and 30 September 2019, she had spent a total of 1,081 days at sea.[18]In December, she was tasked with shadowing the Russian NavySmolnyy-class training shipPerekopthrough the English Channel.[19]
In June 2021,Tyne,along withNorthumberlandandTamar,was deployed off the Cornish coast to provide security for the2021 G7 summit.[20]
Affiliations[edit]
Her affiliations included North Tyneside Council, St Catherines Primary School, Hadrian Special Needs Primary School, TSCaledonia(Peterhead Sea Cadets unit), TSTyne(Newburn Sea Cadets unit), and the Worshipful Company of Butchers.
References[edit]
- ^"Offshore Patrol Vessels".BAE Systems.Retrieved8 June2014.
- ^"River Class".Naval Technology.Retrieved19 October2019.
- ^ab"VT Launches New Fishery Protection Ship".Maritime Journal. 1 July 2002.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"Navy News".issuu.com.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^ab"UK Report: VT Halmatic Takes Charge".MarineLink. 2 April 2003.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"Fishing Patrols Defence written question – answered on 3rd July 2002".TheyWorkForYou.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"Bugaled Briezh Defence written question – answered on 28th January 2004".TheyWorkForYou. 28 January 2004.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"Royal Navy: Ships".TheyWorkForYou.23 September 2013.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"Patrol Craft".TheyWorkForYou.11 October 2016.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"HMSTyneescorts two Russian warships through Channel ".Royal Navy.8 September 2016.Retrieved11 March2019.
- ^"Mine hunting crews go fishing to help new-generation patrol ships enter service".Royal Navy.31 March 2017.Retrieved11 March2019.
- ^Guto Bebb, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Defence (16 March 2018)."Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure: Written question - 132371".Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).House of Commons.
- ^ab"HMS Tyne reactivated due to issues with replacement ship".UK Defence Journal. 29 July 2018.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"HMS Tyne returns to service after being paid off in May".Save The Royal Navy. 31 July 2018.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"MoD lifts axe on three Royal Navy patrol ships to boost UK fishery protection".Southern Daily Echo.22 November 2018.Retrieved11 March2019.
- ^"Batch I River Class OPVs extended in service until 2028".Navy Lookout.20 October 2021.Retrieved16 August2022.
- ^"Patrol Craft".TheyWorkForYou. 4 February 2020.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"Navy: Fisheries".TheyWorkForYou.17 October 2019.Retrieved2 October2020.
- ^"British warship shadows Russian navy vessel in the English Channel".Sky News.Retrieved26 December2019.
- ^"Thousands of police, Navy frigate and helicopters deployed to guard world leaders at G7 summit".Independent.co.uk.10 June 2021.
External links[edit]
- "HMSTyne".Royal Navy.
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