HMS Trent (P224)

HMS Trent is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel, named after the River Trent. This is the sixth Royal Navy ship named Trent. She is the third Batch 2 River-class vessel to be commissioned.

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

HMS Trent entering Portsmouth for the first time
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Trent
Operator: Royal Navy
Ordered: August 2014
Builder: BAE Systems Naval Ships
Laid down: 7 October 2015 (Steel cut)
Launched: 20 March 2018
Sponsored by: Pamela Potts
Christened: 13 March 2018
Commissioned: 3 August 2020
Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth
Identification:
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Batch 2 River-class patrol vessel
Displacement: 2,000 tonnes
Length: 90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)[1]
Beam: 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draught: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed: 24 kn (44 km/h)
Range: 5,500 nmi (10,200 km)
Endurance: 35 days
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 Two rigid inflatable boats
Capacity: 70
Complement: 34
Armament:
Aircraft carried: Merlin capable flight deck

Construction

On 6 November 2013 it was announced that the Royal Navy had signed an Agreement in Principle to build three new offshore patrol vessels, based on the River-class design, at a fixed price of £348 million including spares and support. In August 2014, BAE Systems signed the contract to build the ships on the Clyde in Scotland. The Ministry of Defence stated that the Batch 2 ships are capable of being used for constabulary duties such as "counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and anti-smuggling operations". According to BAE Systems, the vessels are designed to deploy globally, conducting anti-piracy, counter-terrorism and anti-smuggling tasks currently conducted by frigates and destroyers.

Steel was cut, marking the start of construction of Trent, on 7 October 2015 at the BAE Systems Govan shipyard in Glasgow. Trent was officially named – the equivalent to a traditional slipway launch – on the south bank of the Clyde at BAE's Govan yard on 13 March 2018, completing her first sea trials in June the following year.[2] She made her first entry into Portsmouth Harbour on 19 December 2019[3] and was commissioned on 3 August 2020.[4][5] On 3 August 2020 she was deployed to the Mediterranean for NATO Operation Sea Guardian and then returned to the UK in September.

References
  1. "Work begins on third Royal Navy Patrol Vessel". GOV.UK. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. "HMS TRENT COMPLETES SEA TRIALS". Royal Navy.
  3. "EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENCE AS HMS TRENT DEBUTS IN PORTSMOUTH". Royal Navy.
  4. "HMS Trent departs on her first deployment" (Press release). Royal Navy. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. "HMS Trent Commissioned Into Royal Navy In Portsmouth". Forces News. Portsmouth. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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