HMS Medway (P223)
HMS Medway on sea trials in 2018 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Medway |
| Ordered | August 2014 |
| Builder | BAE Systems Naval Ships |
| Laid down | 8 June 2015 (Steel cut) |
| Launched | 23 August 2017 |
| Sponsored by | Wendy Fallon |
| Christened | 20 October 2017 |
| Commissioned | 19 September 2019 |
| Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth (forward deployed to the Caribbean) |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Batch 2 River-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 2,000 tonnes |
| Length | 90.5 m (296 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) |
| Endurance | 35 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats |
| Troops | up to 50 |
| Crew | 34–50 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | Merlin-capable flight deck |
| Notes | Fit with 16-tonne crane |
HMS Medway is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Navy. Named after the River Medway in Kent, she was the second Batch 2 River-class vessel to be commissioned and is assigned long-term as Royal Navy guardship in the Caribbean.