HMS Sabre
HMS Scimitar and her sister Ship HMS Sabre form the core of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron. Operating from HM Naval Base Gibraltar the two Scimitar-class patrol boats, 21 personnel, and three Pacific rigid-hulled inflatable boats are an efficient and effective unit. The role of RNGS is to provide Force Protection to visiting coalition warships, conduct maritime security patrols within British Gibraltar Territorial Waters and support a variety of operations within the Joint Operating Area. A small unit at high readiness Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron performs a broad array of tasks in a dense shipping environment.
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HMS Sabre
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HMS Sabre
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HMS Sabre
COMMANDING OFFICER
Adam Stevenson
- RANK:
- Lieutenant
- JOINED:
- 2002
- SPECIALISATION:
- Warfare
- PREVIOUS UNITS:
- HMS Clyde, HMS Severn
Military experience
Having enjoyed being a member of Oxford University Royal Navy Unit it was a natural progression that, in 2002, he joined BRNC. Initial Sea Training was undertaken onboard HMS Invincible during sea trials and on completion he passed out from Dartmouth with an academic distinction. Common Fleet Time was completed onboard HMS Kent deployed East of Suez in support of Op Veritas and on returning to the UK he gained a first class pass at Fleet Board.
2004: Promoted lieutenant, as Gunnery Officer of Severn qualified as British Seas Fishery Officer, involved in ground-breaking test cases for EU law.
2006: Took part in a short exchange period with the Royal Artillery, appointed as Platoon Commander during Exercise Lion Star in Cyprus.
2009: Appointed to Clyde as Navigating Officer. His time onboard included a visit to Valparaiso via the Patagonian Canals and also a visit to South Georgia which concluded with a sprint through the ice to rescue a yacht in distress.
OPERATIONS
Gibraltar Squadron
CURRENT STATUS: active
Provide force protection and security to Gibraltar's maritime environment, enforce and assert the sovereign integrity of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, whilst contributing to the overall defence effort
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ABOUT THE UNIT
KEY STATISTICS
- Pennant
P285
- Displacement
24tonnes
- Complement
5personnel
- Length
15.9Metres
- Beam
4.4metres
- Draught
1.2metres
- Top Speed
32knots
- Range (Nautical)
260nautical miles
TAKE A LOOK
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HMS Sabre operating off Gibraltar
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