HMS Trent (P224)

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

HMS Trent entering Portsmouth for the first time
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Trent
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	August 2014
Builder	BAE Systems Naval Ships
Laid down	7 October 2015 (Steel cut)
Launched	20 March 2018
Sponsored by	Pamela Potts
Christened	13 March 2018
Commissioned	3 August 2020
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth
Identification	IMO number: 9752072 Pennant number: P224
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Batch 2 Template:Sclass2-
Displacement	2,000 tonnes
Length	90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)
Beam	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed	24 kn (44 km/h)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km)
Endurance	35 days
Boats & landing craft carried	Two rigid inflatable boats
Capacity	70
Complement	34
Armament	1 × 30 mm DS30B gun 2 × General purpose machine guns 2 × Miniguns
Aircraft carried	Merlin capable flight deck

HMS Trent is a Batch 2 Template:Sclass2- offshore patrol vessel is named after the River Trent. This is the sixth Royal Navy ship named Trent. She is the fourth Batch 2 River-class vessel to be commissioned (following HMS Tamar in June 2020).

Construction

On 6 November 2013 it was announced that the Royal Navy had signed an Agreement in Principle to build three new offshore patrol vessels, based on the River-class design, at a fixed price of £348 million including spares and support. In August 2014, BAE Systems signed the contract to build the ships on the Clyde in Scotland. The Ministry of Defence stated that the Batch 2 ships are capable of being used for constabulary duties such as "counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and anti-smuggling operations". According to BAE Systems, the vessels are designed to deploy globally, conducting anti-piracy, counter-terrorism and anti-smuggling tasks currently conducted by frigates and destroyers.

Steel was cut, marking the start of construction of Trent, on 7 October 2015 at the BAE Systems Govan shipyard in Glasgow. Trent was officially named – the equivalent to a traditional slipway launch – on the south bank of the Clyde at BAE's Govan yard on 13 March 2018, completing her first sea trials in June the following year. She made her first entry into Portsmouth Harbour on 19 December 2019 and was commissioned on 3 August 2020. As of 3 August 2020 she was deployed to the Mediterranean for NATO Operation Sea Guardian.

External links

• HMS Trent