HMS Ranger (P293)

	HMS Ranger, 2007
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ranger
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Commissioned	1988
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth
Identification	IMO number: 8937845; MMSI number: 232696000; Callsign: GAAY;
Motto	Range far to seek the foe
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Archer-class patrol vessel
Displacement	54 tonnes
Length	20.8 m (68 ft 3 in)
Beam	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Draught	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels
Speed	23 kn (43 km/h); 45 kn (83 km/h) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted);
Range	550 nmi (1,020 km)
Complement	18 (training); 12 (operational);
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle ("for but not with") ; 3 × General purpose machine guns;

HMS Ranger is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy, based in HMNB Portsmouth. She is affiliated to Sussex and Brighton Universities' University Royal Naval Unit (or SUSURNU), which has its offices at the University of Sussex, Brighton. Her badge is a ship's wheel superimposed on seven blue roundels, representing the seven seas.

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