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HMS Tracker provides 24/7/365 reassurance and protection around the Clyde, safeguarding both our submarine fleet and shipping coming to and from the UK.
HMS Tracker and sister-ship Raider form our Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron (FPBS). They provide Force Protection in and around the Firth of Clyde, and supporting our mission to safeguard shipping in UK waters. These ships are small but mighty, with a ship’s company (crew) of seven people each. HMS Tracker is a fully-fledged armed patrol boat. She is fitted with Kevlar armour to keep her crew safe, and is well-armed with three 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG).
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Stationed in Faslane, Scotland
Her company of 14 provides all year round
HMS Tracker provides an essential supporting role to both UK and foreign shipping in and around the Firth of Clyde. That includes:
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HMS Tracker is a fast, agile armed patrol boat, with a ship’s crew of just seven. Alongside her sister ship HMS Raider, she works hard to provide 24/7/365 reassurance and protection in and around the Clyde, safeguarding both our submarine fleet and shipping coming to and from the UK.
The first HMS Tracker was an Attacker-class escort carrier built in the USA and completed in 1943.
Saw extensive action with the Western Approach Command covering Atlantic, Mediterranean and Russian convoys. She sank U288 and was later on anti U-boat patrols.
Provided air cover during the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944 and finished her time with the US Navy as a ferry carrier in the Pacific until the end of hostilities.
The second HMS Tracker was one of the Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs), but acted as the hospital ship for the first British atomic bomb test.
The present HMS Tracker is a glass reinforced plastic Archer Class Fast Patrol Boat. She was commissioned alongside her sister ship HMS Raider in 1998.
Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron exchanged their two P2000 vessels – HMS Dasher and Pursuer – for Her Majesty’s Ships Raider and Tracker.
HMS Tracker joined HMS Puncher, Blazer, Express, Raider and Exploit to provide security for the Olympics and Paralympics in London and Weymouth.
The Patrol Boat Squadron traveled to the US Naval Base in Kings Bay, Georgia to learn from US counterparts.
HMS Tracker traversed one of Scotland's most iconic waterways as part of a three-week deployment to hone search and rescue skills with RNLI.
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