Royal Yacht Britannia

Jean de la Lune

HMS Biter (P270)

HMS Charger (P292)

moored at Ocean Terminal, Leith Western Harbour

June 2006

Royal Navy Archer Class Patrol & Training Vessels moored beside Britannia at Leith Western Harbour

© Copyright:  peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                      Photograph taken from Ocean Terminal  June 27, 2006

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      Royal Navy Archer Class Patrol & Training Vessels moored beside Britannia at Leith Western Harbour ©

 

Royal Yacht Britannia

Jean de la Lune

HMS Biter and HMS Charger

Moored beside Ocean Terminal

This photograph was taken in the warm evening sunshine at 8.20pm on June 27, 2006.

From left to right, all moored beside Ocean Terminal in Leith Western Harbour are:

-  'Royal Yacht Britannia'

-  Tall Ship, 'Jean de la Lune'

-  Royal Navy 'Archer Class' vessels 'HMS Charger' and 'HMS Biter'

Archer Class Vessels

The Royal Navy has 14 'Archer Class' Patrol and Training vessels, also known as P2000 Class fast patrol vessels or fast training vessels.

 The two seen here are:

-  'HMS Biter' (P270), commissioned 1986

-  'HMS Charger' (P292), commissioned 1988.

These vessels each have a crew of ten.  They are only 20m long and weigh 40 tons, but are classified by the Royal Navy as ships.  They are the smallest ships in the Royal Navy.

 

 

 

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