HMS Severn (P282)

HMS Severn, 2012
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Severn
Ordered	April 2001
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Launched	4 December 2002
Commissioned	31 July 2003
Decommissioned	27 October 2017
Recommissioned	28 August 2021
Homeport	Portsmouth
Identification	IMO number: 9261334 MMSI number: 234623000 Callsign: GBSK Pennant number: P282
Motto	Fides invicta triumphat (Latin: Faith unconquered triumphs)
Nickname(s)	"Lucky Severn", "Magnificent Severn"
Honours and awards	Algiers 1816, Belgian Coast 1914, Konigsberg action 1915, Norway 1940, Atlantic 1940–41, Sicily 1943, Aegean 1943
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	River-class patrol vessel
Displacement	1,700 t (1,700 long tons)[1]
Length	79.5 m (260 ft 10 in)
Beam	13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4,125 kW (5,532 hp) at 1,000 rpm
Propulsion	2 × Ruston 12RK 270 diesel engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Endurance	21 days
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × RHIB
Troops	20
Complement	30
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × General purpose machine guns
Notes	Fit with 25-tonne crane[2]

HMS Severn is a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Severn, the ship is the first to bear the name in 56 years. She was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton, England, to serve primarily as a fishery protection unit within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Tyne. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island-class patrol vessels. The ship was decommissioned in 2017, but the Government decided to recommission her as part of Brexit preparedness. She returned to service in 2020 and was recommissioned into the Royal Navy on 28 August 2021.^[3]