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        HMS Severn

        HMS Severn is one of the trio of Offshore Patrol Vessels ploughing the seas around the UK almost every day of the year. The ship is the second River-class built by Vosper Thornycroft at their Woolston yard and she became the penultimate ship to be built there.

         

        HMS Severn

        We’ve inherited the nickname of our predecessor, the ninth HMS Severn, a wartime submarine which served in the Atlantic and Norwegian campaigns. The submarine survived the entire conflict, earning her the title ‘Lucky Severn’.

        Mission Summary

        The 3 River class Offshore Patrol Vessels patrol the UK EEZ, routinely operating hundreds of miles off the UK coast. Their primary role is to deliver maritime security, encompassing fishery protection and Marine Management tasks on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation, as well as a wide range of operations to ensure the security, integrity, and safety of UK waters.

         

         

        COMMANDING OFFICER

        Marcus Hember

        Marcus Hember
        RANK:
        Lieutenant Commander
        JOINED:
        1996
        SPECIALISATION:
        Warfare
        PREVIOUS UNITS:
        HMS Illustrious, HMS Cornwall
        Military experience

        Educated at Monkton Combe and St Laurence School, Marcus Hember joined Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1996 as a Naval College Entrant Seaman Officer. Fleet time in Illustrious and Lindisfarne was followed by an initial appointment to Edinburgh. He then joined the Offshore Patrol Vessel Alderney as Navigating and Operations Officer, completing a varied two years generating from refit and patrolling UK waters with the Fishery Protection Squadron prior to FNO course in 2001.

        A very busy appointment as the Navigating Officer of Richmond followed, including a Western Atlantic/AUTEC deployment and, in 2003, a Gulf deployment which culminated in providing Naval Fire Support to the Royal Marine amphibious assault of the Iraqi Al Faw peninsular.

        Leaving Richmond shortly afterwards Hember joined the Joint Services Command and Staff College as Military Assistant to the Commandant, at the time an army Major General.

        Awarded the Black prize during subsequent Initial Staff training, Hember then completed Principal Warfare Officers course, and was appointed to Cornwall in 2006 as the PWO(CEW).

        Operational Sea Training, and a demanding return to the Northern Arabian Gulf followed. As Operations Officer, Hember then co-ordinated a major unplanned docking and subsequent generation to operate as the Pre Landing Force platform for a large NATO amphibious exercise off Norway.

        Joining the R2 Strike Carrier Illustrious as the Force Warfare Officer (CEW) in late 2009, Hember became the N5 warfare planner, also charged with leadership of task-group C4ISTAR issues, and integration of the Carrier Strike Group staff into the ship.

        In Feb 2010 Hember joined the Fleet Operational Policy staff at the Northwood Maritime Operations Centre, where he worked at the interface between Navy Command Headquarters and the Ministry of Defence, the Permanent Joint Headquarters, and Other Government Departments.

        Selected for Sea Command in December 2010, he assumed command of HMS Severn, an Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Fishery Protection Squadron, in June 2011.


        OPERATIONS

        Operation Fishery Protection

        CURRENT STATUS: active
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        MISSION SUMMARY

        River-class ships inspect fishing vessels operating up to 200 miles off the UK’s coastline. Their task is to enforce UK and EU regulations designed to preserve fish stocks for future generations. The Royal Navy operates on behalf of the Marine Management Organisation.

        UNIT DIARY

        Surface Fleet
        HMS Severn
        • Severn's Sponsor Presents Awards15/01/12

          While in Cardiff Severn was proud to receive onboard the Ship’s sponsor, Professor Felicity Guild, and her husband, Admiral Nigel Guild, who were onboard to present awards to two valued members of the Ship’s Company.

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        LATEST NEWS

         

        TOP STORIES

        Fishery protection by the RN
        Fishery Protection: The RN looking after a whole industry
        01 February 2012

        A profile of the work of the Navy's oldest front-line...

        Dutch fishing vessel
        Severn Detains fishing vessel for illegal Nets
        24 January 2012

        A Portsmouth-based Royal Navy patrol ship has caught and detained...

        HMS Severn Completes Operational Sea Training
        11 December 2011

        HMS Severn departed Clyde naval base on the 12th December...

        Patrol ships and Minehunters
        HMS Severn arrives in Faslane for Operational Sea Training
        21 November 2011

        HMS Severn arrived alongside Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde (Faslane)...

        ABOUT THE UNIT

        KEY STATISTICS


        Pennant

        P282

        Displacement

        1,700tonnes

        Complement

        30personnel

        Length

        79.8Metres

        Beam

        13.6metres

        Draught

        3.8metres

        Top Speed

        20knots

        Range (Nautical)

        5,500nautical miles

        Launch Date

        2002

        Commissioned date

        31/07/03

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        HMS Severn HISTORY

        TRACK THE HISTORY OF SHIPS NAMED HMS Severn
        • The First Severn

          The present HMS Severn is the tenth ship to bear the name. The first was a Fourth Rate two-decked ship of 50 guns launched in 1693. She had a distinguished record of service before finally being broken up in 1734....

        • The Second Severn

          The second HMS Severn was launched in 1739. Severe damage during a battle with French line-of-battleships in 1746 caused the ship to strike her colours to the superior force. The ship was captured just a year later at the battle...

        • The Third Severn

          The third was again a Fourth Rate 50-gun two-decker launched in 1747. Her career was significantly less eventful than her predecessors and she was sold out of service in 1759.

        • The Fifth Severn

          The fifth, launched in 1813, was an 'Endymion' Class Fourth Rate 40-gun ship and was very much bigger than the last ship to bear the name. These 'fir-built' softwood ships were not long-lived and the ship, leaky and unseaworthy for...

        • The Sixth Severn

          The next HMS Severn was one of the last frigates to be built as a sailing warship, eventually broken up in 1876 after only one active commission to the East Indies.

        • The Seventh Severn

          In 1885, the seventh ship to bear the name represented a great technological leap forward. She was a 'Mersey' Class protected cruiser, the first cruisers to be built with no sailing rig, as solely steam-powered ships.

        • Ship History

          In 1914 the Royal Navy purchased three Amazon river monitors built by Vickers at Barrow for Brazil. These ships, renamed Mersey, Humber and Severn, were the first of a new type of specialist shore-bombardment ships.

        • Battle Honours

          Norway 1940 Atlantic 1940-41

        • Battle Honours

          Sicily 1943 Aegean 1943

        • The Ninth Severn

          The ninth vessel to be named Severn was a 'Thames' Class fleet submarine and was sent to the South Atlantic when war broke out. In the Mediterranean she conducted anti-shipping patrols, 'cloak and dagger' missions on enemy coasts and ran...

        Current Jobs

        Defence Technical Non Grade Scheme (Marine Engineering)

        The engineering branch includes weapons  marine and air engineering. Marine Engineers manage the repair and maintenance of the ships electrical and mechanical systems alongside and at sea.  Later in your career you will become involved in the procurement and building...

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        Marine Engineering Grad Entry

        The Engineering Branch includes weapons, marine and air engineering. Marine Engineers manage the repair and maintenance of the ships mechanical and hydraulic systems alongside and at sea. Later in your career you will become involved in the procurement and building of...

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        23 June

        RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2012
        Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton Somerset 23 June 2012

        The Royal Navy’s premier air show will be commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Falklands Campaign.  When the Task Force set out on its 8000 mile journey to retake the...