18 May, 2011 · 1:06 pm
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HMS Puncher

HMS Puncher seen at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth recently. A P2000 class patrol boat, the class also double up as training vessels for University training Squadrons.

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9 Responses to HMS Puncher

  1. x
    18 May, 2011 at 6:00 pm

    URNU first, patrol work a very, very distance second.

    As somebody who struggled for 10 years to help fund a Sea Cadet unit I have very mixed feelings about URNUs.

    Remember URNUs are about introducing society’s future leaders to the importance of the sea to the UK not for recruiting.

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  2. John Erickson
    18 May, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    Seems a rather small boat to be “pleasure cruising”. Don’t they have any “tall ships” to do the PR and political schmoozing for them?

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    • James Daly
      18 May, 2011 at 7:43 pm

      They are small. Only enough space for a handful to be out for a night or two. Very minimal accommodation, no storage and only the capacity for a couple of GPMG or maybe a small cannon. Apparently the hulls can take up to 40 knots but the current engines are only 25 knots. Could you run a couple from a Bay Class as a depot ship?

      The RN has no tall ships, but a couple of sea training organisations do.

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  3. WEBF
    18 May, 2011 at 11:56 pm

    No No No! I can’t stand ‘em…

    A couple of P2000s are used patrol duties (see below, but cannot be armed with anything bigger than a GPMG or two…

    http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/patrol-vessels/faslane-squadron/index.htm

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    • James Daly
      19 May, 2011 at 10:17 am

      The only thing they look good for to me is fishing in the Solent. I’ve seen bigger and faster Charter Boats. Or perhaps doing the harbour tours in Pompey.

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  5. WEBF
    29 May, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    The P2000 can also be used to simulate a FIAC…

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  6. WEBF
    30 May, 2011 at 1:54 am

    Fast Inshore Attack Craft

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