HMS Trumpeter (P294)
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| Name: | HMS Trumpeter |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Commissioned: | 1988 |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| 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) |
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 the University of Bristol Royal Navy Unit (URNU).
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