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Archer-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 5
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Length
Single sourceArcher class · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Archer-class patrol vessel | P400-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Archer class[source] | P400[source] |
| Builders | Watercraft Marine Vosper Thornycroft Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[source] | Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie[source] |
| Operators | Royal Navy Royal Oman Police[source] | Marine Nationale (1986-2023) Gabonese Navy Kenya Navy Brazilian Navy[source] |
| Succeeded by | Scimitar class ; Cutlass class[source] |
P400-class patrol vessellarger figure on 5 of 5
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Length
Single source54.8 m (179 ft 9 in)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single sourceMaximum; Archer class · Speed
Single sourceMaximum; Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted
Single source20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted)[source]
25 knots[source]Archer class
Maximum; Speed
Single source24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)[source]
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Modified D'Estienne d'Orves class ; * Confiance-class patrol vessel Patrouilleur Outre-mer Patrouilleurs Hauturiers[source] |
| In commission | 1985–present[source] | 18 September 1986[source] |
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| Active | 17 (16 Royal Navy, 1 Royal Oman Police)[source] | 2 former French Navy vessels transferred to Gabon and Kenya, plus 2 built for Gabon[source] |
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| Type | Patrol boat & training vessel[source] | Patrol ship[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Decca 1216 navigation radar[source] | UHF, VHF, HF, 1 DECCA 1226, 1 OMEGA M6, MF CRM 4215 radiogoniometer, shallow water tester, Ben LMN3 loch, CGM4 gyroscopic compass[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle (" for but not with ") 3 × General purpose machine guns ( Tracker , Raider , Dasher & Pursuer )[source] | Bofors 40 mm gun 20 mm modèle F2 gun 2 × AA-52 machine guns[source] |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source] | — |
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| Subclasses | — | Macaé class[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 1 × EFRC 10 seats 1 × EFR 10 seats[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | The P400 class are fitted with a hydraulic crane capable of lifting 2.5 t (2.5 long tons; 2.8 short tons). This allows to use them for anti-pollution operations, by embarking and debarking equipment and anti-pollution chemicals, and to lift out small craft whilst at sea. An unusual feature for ships of this size, the Operational Centre allows a complete monitoring of close surface situations, using radar indicators and tracking tables. The engine can now be monitored remotely, which allows for a smaller crew. The maintenance of the ship was simplified notably by choosing those solutions which allow to clean the ship whilst in populated areas. The P400 class can stay 15 days at sea, and have 20 days of food supplies for 28 adults.[source]P400-class patrol vessel · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage After further studies, it became possible to gain the space of one propulsion compartment, which is now used for cargo and personnel. The ships can ferry 20 people, and up to 60 for short travel with a calm sea.[source]P400-class patrol vessel · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage In December 2019 six 80-metre (260 ft) Patrouilleur Outre-mer (POM-type) patrol vessels were ordered as replacements for the P400s as well as for other French coast guard vessels. These were to be delivered between 2022 and 2025 to protect the exclusive economic zone of French overseas territories in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. In May 2021, it was reported that the delivery of the first of these vessels would be delayed, from an originally planned in-service date of 2022, until 2023.[source]P400-class patrol vessel · Replacements; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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