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River-Class Batch 2 OPV ‘HMS Trent’ Commissioned With Royal Navy
HMS Trent. File picture: Royal Navy.

River-Class Batch 2 OPV ‘HMS Trent’ Commissioned With Royal Navy

The River-class Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Trent has been commissioned with the Royal Navy today during a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base.

Xavier Vavasseur 03 Aug 2020

HMS Trent is the third of five River-class Batch 2 OPV on order for the Royal Navy. She was launched in March 2018. All vessels of the Batch 2 were built by BAE Systems in Glasgow.

HMS Trent is designed for counter-piracy, anti-smuggling, fishery protection, border patrol, counter terrorism and maritime defence duties.

Directly following her commissioning, HMS Trent sailed off from Portsmouth for her first operational deployment.

Today we commissioned @HMSTrent before she deploys this afternoon. Probably the strangest but equally poignant event in these socially distanced times with limited attendance. BZ to the Ship's Company who still made it special. Safe travels. pic.twitter.com/3EALHozKQE

— Christopher Gardner (@VAdmCGardner) August 3, 2020

About River-class OPV

The transformation of the patrol ship force has taken a big step forward as HMS Medway Batch 2 River-class OPV raised the White Ensign for the first time, the Royal Navy announced on March 13, 2019.
Stock Image of the Royal Navy OPV HMS Medway OPV (Credit: Royal Navy)

The River class is a class of offshore patrol vessels seperatad in two batches built by VT group for the first batch and BAE systems for the second one. Nine of this class were built for the Royal Navy. Six are currently in active service. One has been decommissionned in 2019, another is conducting sea trials and the last one is being armed. Export variants based on the River-class include the Amazonas-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy nad the Krabi-class OPV of the Royal Thai Navy.

Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels conduct fishery protection duties; coast protection and surveillance.

Batch 2 vessels own higher projection capacities because of their armament and is able to carry a helicopter. Aside from a crew of 40, there’s space for up to 50 troops/Royal Marines (who have their own mess facilities); the flight deck can accommodate Wildcat and Merlin helicopters; there’s a 30mm automated main gun.

Main specifications:

  • Displacment: 1700 tonnes (batch 1); 2000 tonnes (batch 2)
  • Length: 79.5 m (batch 1); 90.5 m (batch 2)
  • Beam: 13.5m
  • Propulsion: 2 × Ruston 12R270 diesel engines (batch 1); 2 × MAN 16V28/33D diesel engines (batch 2); 2 shafts and 2 × controllable-pitch propellers for both batches
  • Speed: 20 knots (batch 1); 24 knots (batch 2)
  • Range: 5 500 nautical miles
  • Crew: 30 (batch 1): 58 (batch 2)
  • Weapons: 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 2 × General purpose machine guns (batch 1); 1 × Bushmaster 30 mm cannon; 2 × Miniguns; 2 × General purpose machine guns (batch 2)
Offshore Patrol Vessel OPV River-class Royal Navy 2020-08-03
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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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