HMS Forth formally gets commissioned into the Royal Navy 13042018 MOD 45164104
They are designed for a crew of just under 60 but need only 38 crew at any one time to go to sea.
Although classed as a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel, Forth and her sisters - Trent, Medway, Medway and Spey - are a big leap forward from Tyne, Severn, Mersey and Clyde, which were designed and built 15 years ago.
They're four knots faster, carry a 30mm, not 20mm main gun, two Miniguns, four machine-guns, two Pacific 24 sea boats. Each ship is equipped with a flight deck (only Clyde of the first generation craft can host a helicopter) and there's accommodation for up to 50 troops/Royal Marines to support operations ashore if needed.
Forth, which is affiliated to the historic city of Stirling, also borrows many of the first batch's features - which were revolutionary in RN ships at the time: fixed fire-fighting systems across much of the ship, a computer-controlled machinery monitoring system.
The bridge is far more Type 45 (spacious, computerised with interchangeable displays, communications kit) than a rather cramped Type 23 frigate.
- Organization: Royal Navy
- Object Name: NE180016064
- Category: MOD
- Supplemental Categories: Faslane, Naval Bases, Locations, Patrol Vessels, Ships, Equipment
- Keywords: HMS Forth, River Clyde, Fisheries Protection, Hogan, Scotland, Faslane, HMNB Clyde
- Country: UK
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