HMS Blazer
HMS Blazer is tendered to the University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) at Southampton Solent University, Portsmouth University and Southampton Institute. Weekly drill evenings are held every Thursday of term time. Tuition falls into three areas: basic navigation and seamanship, leadership and team building skills and strategic studies and current affairs.
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HMS Blazer
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HMS Blazer
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HMS Blazer
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HMS Blazer
COMMANDING OFFICER
James Beedle
- RANK:
- Lieutenant
- JOINED:
- 2001
- SPECIALISATION:
- Warfare
- PREVIOUS UNITS:
- HMS Portland, HMS Manchester
Military experience
A Navigator by training, he has served on HMS Portland in the Mediterranean, HMS Manchester in the Gulf and joined BRNC as a divisional officer and navigational instructor before joining SURNU in November 2010.
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.
LATEST NEWS
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ABOUT THE UNIT
KEY STATISTICS
- Pennant
P279
- Displacement
54tonnes
- Complement
5personnel
- Length
20.8Metres
- Beam
5.8metres
- Draught
1.9metres
- Top Speed
14knots
- Range (Nautical)
300nautical miles
- Stopping Distance
18Yards (At 14 Knots)
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