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Fast Inshore Patrol Vessel for the Coastal Forces Squadron, supporting Fleet and Maritime Tasking at home and abroad.
HMS Charger (P292) is currently on deployment
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HMS Charger is a fast inshore patrol craft primarily focused in coastal waters but equally at ease in riverine or offshore areas. Our high speed, endurance and ability to resupply in the smallest of harbours make us a versatile asset for the Royal Navy, capable of repositioning around the United Kingdom or abroad at short notice.
The ship is currently in UK waters.
Alongside in Portsmouth Naval Base.
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The reforming of the ‘Coastal Forces Squadron’ has ushered in a new era of operational focus for the P2000 fleet. While support to University Royal Navy Units is still supported when possible, as is navigational training, our focus is on the delivery of operational effect.
HMS CHARGER and her Ship’s Company pride ourselves on versatility, projecting effect which punches above our weight, and extending our range to wherever we are required.
The first Charger was a gun-brig. Her weapons consisted of one 8-in mortar, ten 18-pdr carronades and two 18-pdr guns.
The next Charger was an old 733-ton wooden paddle packet.
The third incarnation of HMS Charger was a two-gun screw gunboat launched in 1855 – she saw service as a buoy boat.
This 290-ton destroyer built by Yarrow at Poplar and launched on 15 May 1894.
Today’s ship was built by Watercroft Ltd in Shoreham-by-Sea and finished by Vosper Thornycroft.
HMS Charger has been the University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) for Liverpool University since 1990.
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