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HMS Raider
HMS Raider is one of two Batch 2 P2000 class coastal training vessels operated by the Royal Navy.
Her primary tasking is in support of Bristol University Royal Naval Unit, providing the opportunity for students to spend time at sea, both on sea weekends, and longer deployments during university breaks.
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HMS Raider takes part in the 2011 Maritime Combat Power Visit in the Solent
Time at sea for the students is spent putting into practice what they have learnt during lectures at the unit’s headquarters. This includes a wide range of seamanship and navigationskills, allowing them to practice pilotages into and out of various ports, helming the ship, completing chart work and more. Other tasking’s that Raider undertakes includes working with youth groups and cadets, engagement with the local community, and supporting Royal Navy (such as Thursday War) and training. |
COMMANDING OFFICER
Charles Collins
- RANK:
- Lieutenant
- JOINED:
- 2004
- SPECIALISATION:
- Warfare
- PREVIOUS UNITS:
- HMS Exeter, Pembroke, Gloucester, Mersey, Clyde, Sutherland.
Military experience
Charles Collins was born in Birmingham and educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham. Sponsored by the Royal Navy through University, he read Engineering in Cardiff before joining Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth as a Direct Graduate entrant in November 2004.
Early appointments included HMS Exeter on patrol in both the Baltic and carrier escort duties in the Mediterranean and HMS Pembroke as part of the NATO task group operating off Cape Verde and Sierra Leone. Completing Junior Warfare Officer Course in November 2006, he joined HMS Gloucester as an Officer of the Watch participating in the challenges of refit, subsequent trials and NATO Exercises.
Specialising in Navigation, he went on to serve in HMS Mersey conducting Fishery Protection Duties around the UK before joining the South Atlantic Corvette HMS Clyde as the Navigator in June 2009. In addition to the unique challenges of navigating in the Falkland Islands, he worked in the Joint environment with the Army and RAF overseeing the implementation and execution of HMS Clyde’s upgraded Embarked Military Forces capability.
Joining the Type 23 Frigate HMS Sutherland in early 2010 as the Navigator, he deployed to the USA with the UK Carrier Strike Group, followed by a short spell under FOST and subsequent delivery of the ship to Operation COUGAR as part of the Response Force Task Group.
On completion of Staff Course at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham he took command of HMS Raider and Bristol University Royal Naval Unit in October 2011.
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
- Pennant
P275
- Displacement
54tonnes
- Complement
5personnel
- Length
20.8Metres
- Beam
5.8metres
- Draught
1.8metres
- Top Speed
25knots
- Range (Nautical)
550nautical miles
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HMS Raider takes part in the 2011 Maritime Combat Power Visit in the Solent
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