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Express HMS

Post by shipstamps » Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:30 pm


HMS Express is an Archer Class Training Craft, Pennant Number A163 (RNXS).
Jersey 2008

D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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Re: Express HMS

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:06 pm

HMS Express, A 163
Operator: Royal Navy Builder: Vosper Thornycroft, Commissioned: 1988
Status: in active service, as of 2013
Class & type: Archer class patrol vessel
Displacement: 49 tons
Length: 20.80m. (68' 3") Beam: 5.80m. (19') Draught: 1.80m. (5' 11")
Propulsion: 2 shafts, Rolls Royce M800T diesels, 1,590 bhp. 18 knots
Range: 550 nmi (1,020 km.) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: 5 (RN), 1 training officer (RNR), 12 students (URNU) or 12 (RN)
Sensors and processing systems: Decca 1216 navigation radar.
Armament: 3 × 7.62 mm L7 GPMG (Cyprus Sqn.) (can be fitted with 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle) home base: Penarth Marina.
Jersey 2008, 52 p.)
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