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P223 HMS Medway

UK Royal Navy





P223 HMS Medway

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MMSI:
Flight Deck: MW
Call Sign: GMED
Shipyard: Kvaerner (Govan)





  Events


History of UK HMS Medway P223

2014-augOrderedOrdered
2015-jun-08Laid downLaid down first steel cut Jun 2015.
2017-oct-20LaunchedLaunched at BAE Systems Scotstoun yard
2019-sep-07Port VisitPort Visit Royal Victoria Dock DSEI 2019 Arrived at RVD for DSEI 2019.
2019-sep-19CommissionedCommissioned HMD Chatham at Chatham
2020-jan-20DeploymentDeployment Caribbean Sea departed HMNB Portsmouth for Carribean as APT(N) mission.
2020-feb-27NEWSCaribbean Sea HMS Medway Takes On Caribbean Mission
2020-may-13NEWSCaribbean Sea Merlin Lands on River Batch 2 OPV
2023-feb-03DeploymentDeployment Mare Harbour FIPV relieved HMS Forth, on station, for Falkand Islands Patrol Vessel duty.



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  Specifications


River (Batch 2) class
34crew
24troops
2000full load (tn)
90length (m)
5500range (nm)
24max speed (knots)
9875power (shp)

2Naval Engine diesel

1Naval Gun DS30M 30mm
2Naval Gun Mark 44 6 barrelled 7.62mm mingun

1Naval Radar helicopter control radar KH Sharpeye
1Naval Radar navigation radar KH Sharpeye

helicopter   Aircraft


Typical Max
Landing platform only. No hangar
UK Royal Navy AW EH101 01
UK Royal Navy AW AW159 Wildcat HMA2 01





  Builder


UK Kvaerner (Govan), Govan




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