HMS Charger (P292)

HMS Charger is an Archer-class patrol vessel built by Watercraft Limited, Shoreham-by-Sea and fitted out at Vosper Thornycroft. She is just over 20 metres long and 5.8 metres wide and powered by two Rolls-Royce turbo engines. The ship is based at HMS Eaglet, the Royal Naval Headquarters in Liverpool and was commissioned in 1988. She has five full-time RN crew, and sails with an RNR training officer and a maximum complement of 12 students. She is attached to the Liverpool University Royal Naval Unit.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Charger.

HMS Charger at Bangor, 2006
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Charger
OperatorRoyal Navy
Builder
  • Watercraft Limited, Shoreham-by-Sea
  • Vosper Thornycroft
Launched1986
Commissioned1988
HomeportHMS Eaglet, Liverpool
Identification
  • MMSI number: 235009880
  • Callsign: GAAX
  • Pennant number: P292
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and typeArcher-class patrol vessel
Displacement54 tonnes
Length20.8 m (68 ft)
Beam5.8 m (19 ft)
Draught1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 shafts, Rolls-Royce M800T diesels, 1,590 bhp
Speed
  • 14 kn (26 km/h)
  • 45 kn (83 km/h) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted)
Range550 nmi (1,020 km)
Complement
  • 18 (training)
  • 12 (operational)
Sensors and
processing systems		Decca 1216 navigation radar
Armament
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