HMS ''Ranger'' is an patrol and training vessel of the
British Royal Navy, based in
HMNB Portsmouth
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. She is affiliated to Sussex and Brighton Universities'
University Royal Naval Unit (or SUSURNU), which has its offices at the
University of Sussex,
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Construction
HMS ''Ranger'' was built at
Shoreham-by-Sea by Watercraft Ltd. in 1987.
Operational history
''Ranger'' was originally allocated to Ulster Division of the
Royal Naval Reserve based in Belfast on and used for Junior Officer training. In 1991 she went to
Gibraltar
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with to form the
Gibraltar Squadron, and returned to the UK to become Sussex URNU's allocated P2000 in early 2004. Being a cadet training ship, ''Ranger'' is not equipped with live weaponry unless required for a supervised training exercise. It is fitted for - but not with - a
20 mm 85 GAM Cannon, as well as storage for four standard service rifles and two
GPMGs.
Alongside she was deployed on the Thames for the
Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant as part of the Royal Squadron escorting the Royal Barge. Subsequent to this, she departed upon a twelve-week deployment in company with ''Trumpeter'', and around the
Baltic, representing the UK at
Kiel Week.
In June 2017, ''Ranger'', in company with HM Ships , and , deployed to the Baltic to take part in the
NATO BALTOPS exercise, the first time that Royal Navy P2000s have been involved in such an exercise.
Role
''Ranger'' provides sea training to members of the Sussex University Royal Naval Unit. She can also be tasked with maritime security, search and rescue and inshore patrol.
Affiliations
* Sussex and Brighton University Royal Naval Unit
*
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Notes
References
External links
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Archer-class patrol vessels