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Current Location
Atlantic, Caribbean & USA
08:32 GMT - 13 May 2013
Atlantic, Caribbean & USA
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HMS Archer
HMS Archer is the first of the Archer P2000 class 20m Fast Patrol Boats built by Watercraft in 1985. She became the East Scotland Universities’ Royal Navy Unit (URNU) training vessel in July 2012. East Scotland URNU is the newest of the 14 URNUs that were first formed in 1967.
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HMS Archer leads out other P2000s
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HMS Archer leads out other P2000s
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HMS Archer, HMS Explorer, HMS Charger
During term time, Archer can generally be found out along the east Coast of Scotland with students embarked on sea training weekends, allowing them to practise the navigation they have been taught in the classroom.
In addition to this she spends three weeks at Easter in the Western Isles and seven weeks in the summer deployed to Europe and the UK in company with the other URNU training vessels.
COMMANDING OFFICER
James Martin
- RANK:
- Lieutenant
- JOINED:
- 2004
- SPECIALISATION:
- Warfare
- PREVIOUS UNITS:
- HMS Campbeltown, Illustrious, Hurworth, Severn, Clyde, Dragon.
Military experience
Lieutenant James Martin joined the Royal Navy in January 2004, attending Britannia Royal Naval College and including a period in Campbeltown during the final stages of Her deployment to the Mediterranean.
He completed his Fleet time training in Illustrious, on exercise and operations east of Suez, and in Hurworth both on Fishery Protection duties and mine hunting operations in support of the Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review.
His first complement appointment was as an Officer of the Watch in Nottingham, deploying to the Mediterranean and the South Atlantic.
Subsequently, he served as the Operations Officer and Watch Navigator on HMS Severn, on UK Fishery Protection duties, and in the Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel, HMS Clyde.
In 2010 he joined HMS Dragon as Her first Navigator whilst She was in build, completing contractor sea trials and bringing Her into the Service.
He was appointed Commanding Officer of HMS Archer and Officer-in-Charge of East Scotland Universities’ Royal Navy Unit in April 2012.
OPERATIONS
University Training
CURRENT STATUS: active
To provide high-quality sea training experiences to undergraduates from universities, developing seamanship, teambuilding and leadership skills in a maritime environment. These ships also support the Fleet in a range of tasking around the UK and European waters, showing the White Ensign in places that larger vessels cannot reach.
ABOUT THE UNIT
KEY STATISTICS
- Pennant
P264
- Displacement
54tonnes
- Complement
5personnel
- Length
20.8Metres
- Beam
5.8metres
- Draught
1.9metres
- Top Speed
14knots
- Range (Nautical)
300nautical miles
- Distance Travelled
88000Nautical Miles
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