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HMS Exploit
HMS Exploit is the Birmingham University Royal Navy Unit's Training Patrol vessel, although the unit covers a wide area, taking undergraduates from eight Universities in the region including Loughborough and Warwick. Built by Vosper Thornycroft and commissioned as HMS Exploit in 1988, the ship is berthed in Penarth, near Cardiff.
actis inclitis - With Illustrious Deeds
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HMS Exploit and her Ship's Company introduce students to the traditions and role of the Royal Navy and provide training in the seamanship and navigation skills required to take the ship to sea for weekends and deployments to regional ports around the UK and abroad throughout the year. In addition to the shore training syllabus the Midshipmen students can make use of all the opportunities that the Services provide, including adventurous training, acquaint visits to ship, submarines and Naval Air Squadrons. The Unit meets every Thursday evening at HMS Forward, Birmingham's Royal Naval Reserve Training Centre where subjects such as navigation, seamanship and leadership are covered. Regular visiting lecturers provide insights into life in the UK Armed Forces. |
COMMANDING OFFICER
Mark Hayes
- RANK:
- Lieutenant
- JOINED:
- 2000
- SPECIALISATION:
- Warfare
- PREVIOUS UNITS:
- HMS St Albans, HMS Clyde, HMS Iron Duke
Military experience
Lieutenant Mark Hayes was born in Derbyshire and educated at Netherthorpe Grammar School. He joined the Royal Navy, as a Naval College Entrant at Britannia Royal Naval College, in January 2000.
Leaving Dartmouth in December 2001, he completed his initial warfare training in HMS Sutherland and HMS Nottingham, taking part in two multi-national exercises (Joint Warrior) off the coast of Scotland and a deployment to the Middle East, for exercise Safe Sareea II.
On completion of Junior Warfare Officer’s course Lt Hayes joined HMS Tyne, during her build process, as Gunnery/Correspondence Officer and a British Sea Fisheries Officer. After two years service in HMS Tyne, he was appointed to HMS St Albans, for a short tour as Correspondence Officer, where the ship conducted live missile firings, Principle Warfare Officer (PWO) training and wider Maritime Security Operations. Lt Hayes was also Liaison Officer for the visit of HRH Princess Anne to the Ship in Malta, to celebrate 40 years of Maltese independence.
Post his Dutch language training at the Defence School of Languages Beaconsfield, in August 2005, Lt Hayes was appointed to the Netherlands (NL) exchange as an officer of the watch (OOW) onboard HNLMS Rotterdam (Amphibious Landing Platform Dock). This period included work with both the NL and UK Royal Marines and a deployment to Senegal for exercise Green Osprey, in company with UK and US maritime forces.
He was then appointed to the air defence platform HNLMS Tromp as OOW1 for a very rewarding period which included a circum navigation deployment of the world, the first NL Ship to do so in 30 years. He took part in a high seas firing of the Standard Missile 2 and Harpoon as well as radar tracking, as part of the US Flight Test Mission of the Standard Missile 3 at the Pacific Test Range, Hawaii.
Seeing out his time in the Netherlands, Lt Hayes successfully completed the NL Intermediate Staff Course in Den Haag, with a first class pass
Returning to the UK in December 2007 Lt Hayes took up assignment of Staff Executive Officer, Fishery Protection Squadron and shortly thereafter Executive Officer (XO) in the South Atlantic Corvette, HMS Clyde. Lt Hayes completed two tours as the XO in HMS Clyde, overseeing implementation and execution of her upgraded Embarked Military Forces capability and subsequently conducting several CAPE BAYONET exercises with a full Company of Infantry onboard. He enjoyed the Joint environment and found the experience of working with the Army and RAF both challenging and rewarding.
Following a period of pre-PWO training in HMS Iron Duke, Lt Hayes was selected, in 2010, to Command the P2000 HMS Exploit and Birmingham University Royal Naval Unit.
Lt Hayes lives in Southampton with his wife Charlotte. A keen sportsman he particularly enjoys cricket as part of the RN Squad, as well as running, cycling and skiing.
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.
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ABOUT THE UNIT
KEY STATISTICS
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- Displacement
54tonnes
- Complement
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- Length
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- Beam
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- Draught
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- Top Speed
15knots
- Range (Nautical)
550nautical miles
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