HMS_Trumpeter_(P294)

HMS <i>Trumpeter</i> (P294)

HMS Trumpeter (P294)

1988 Archer-class patrol and training vessel

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Trumpeter.

HMS Trumpeter is an Archer-class patrol vessel P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy.[1][2] Trumpeter is assigned to Cambridge University Royal Naval Unit, having previously been the training ship of the Bristol University Royal Naval Unit.

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Operational history

HMS Trumpeter served in the Gibraltar Squadron alongside Ranger commencing 1991. With Ranger she was deployed on the Thames for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant to assist in security and partake in the pageant, then later in the same year Trumpeter assisted in the security for the 2012 London Olympics.[3]

In the early 2020s, Trumpeter, along with other Archer-class vessels, was given a more operational role as part of the reconstituted Coastal Forces Squadron. In early 2024, Trumpeter and three of her sister ships deployed to northern Norway as part of the NATO exercise "Steadfast Defender".[4]

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    5 ship's company, 1 training officer, 12 URNU students.
  2. [N 2]
    When operational and not in URNU role.

References

  1. [1]
    "Patrol Boats – Archer class". Royal Navy. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Archer Class P2000 (URNU)". Armed Forces.net. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    Edvvc (3 June 2012). "HMS Ranger & HMS Trumpeter". Flickr. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Royal Navy's smallest ships take on huge challenge as they brave weeks of rough seas". ForcesNet. 5 February 2024.
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