HMS Dasher (P280)

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

HMS Dasher, 2010
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Dasher
Operator:	Royal Navy
Builder:	Vosper Thornycroft
Homeport:	HMNB Devonport
Identification:	Pennant number: P280
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class & type:	Archer-class patrol vessel
Displacement:	54 tonnes
Length:	20.8 m
Beam:	5.8 m
Draught:	1.8 m
Propulsion:	2 shafts, [Caterpillar] [Cat C18 ACERT diesel engine], 873 bhp
Speed:	14 kn (26 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)
Sensors and processing systems:	Decca 1216 navigation radar
Armament:	1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle ("for but not with") 3 × General purpose machine guns

HMS Dasher is an Archer-class P2000 patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy, currently the training vessel for Bristol URNU, based at HMNB Devonport .

Until 2010 she was part of the Royal Navy Cyprus Squadron (RNCS), formed in February 2003 in support of Operation Telic, the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. Prior to 2004 Dasher was the training vessel for Bristol University Royal Naval Unit (URNU), duties most recently performed by HMS Raider. As of September 2012, Raider, took Dasher's role on FPBS, and Dasher once again returned to Bristol URNU as their training vessel.

External links

• Royal Navy HMS Dasher (royalnavy.mod.uk)