Does anyone have an interior layout of this boat or it’s sisters? I am interested in them because I love patrol boats, Next to serving on Subs, these things really make you either bond together as a crew or show you the door.
I am also interested in the facts about them, Engines, Speed the usual, and don’t forget how many crew, I would say that they could only carry about 15 people at the most and have an endurance of say 5 days.
By: Ja Worsley - 8th March 2006 at 01:18
Sorry mate typo that I didn’t pick up, I meant the RAN
By: faz101 - 7th March 2006 at 22:09
yeah as far as i know a 20mm is about it…
what’s the RAZN?? don’t think i’ve heard of it before.
By: Ja Worsley - 7th March 2006 at 02:15
What weapons do they carry mate? Nothing bigger than a 20mm would fit on it would it?
By: Ja Worsley - 7th March 2006 at 01:17
Wow thanks Faz, good to know that my time in the RAZN can pay off with some rather accurate guess work on ther ships 😉
By: faz101 - 6th March 2006 at 14:27
hey mate,
Having served aboard Charger’s sister ship HMS Raider (Cambridge URNU’s boat) I know a fair bit about them. Charger and the other ships (excluding Raider and Tracker) are Batch 1s which have a usual speed of about 14 knots. Raider and Tracker on the other hand are batch 2s and have a usual speed of about 25-28 knots although I’ve been on her when we’ve managed to do well over 30 knots.
14 of these boats are with the university royal navy units (URNUs) whereas a few others are on deployment to Gibralter and Cyprus and carry weapons onboard. like u said the normal crew capacity is about 15-16 ppl and the endurance is probably more like 7 days.
interesting fact within the URNUs is that only Oxford and Cambridge somehow ended up with the faster batch 2s while everyone else has the ‘crappy’ batch 1s. if you need a bit of an online look round the ship then go to www.curnu.co.uk and follow the links for a tour of raider.
faz101.
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