HMS Ranger
HMS Ranger (P293) is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the Royal Navy, based in HMNB Portsmouth. She is affiliated to Sussex and Brighton Universities' University Royal Naval Unit (or SUSURNU).
HMS Ranger was built at Shoreham-by-Sea by Watercraft Ltd. in 1987 and was originally allocated to Ulster Division of the Royal Naval Reserve based in Belfast on HMS Caroline and used for Junior Officer training. In 1991 she went to Gibraltar with HMS Trumpeter to form the Gibraltar Squadron, and returned to the UK to become Sussex URNU's allocated P2000 in early 2004. Her badge is a ship's wheel superimposed on seven blue roundels, representing the seven seas.
Being a cadet training ship, Ranger is not normally equipped with live weaponry unless required for a supervised training exercise. She is fitted for - but not with - a 20mm 85 GAM Cannon, as well as storage for four standard service rifles and two GPMGs.
Alongside HMS Trumpeter she was deployed on the Thames for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant as part of the Royal Squadron escorting the Royal Barge (above). Ranger is also due to assist with security for the 2012 London Olympics.
HMS Ranger
HMS Ranger (P293) is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the Royal Navy, based in HMNB Portsmouth. She is affiliated to Sussex and Brighton Universities' University Royal Naval Unit (or SUSURNU).
HMS Ranger was built at Shoreham-by-Sea by Watercraft Ltd. in 1987 and was originally allocated to Ulster Division of the Royal Naval Reserve based in Belfast on HMS Caroline and used for Junior Officer training. In 1991 she went to Gibraltar with HMS Trumpeter to form the Gibraltar Squadron, and returned to the UK to become Sussex URNU's allocated P2000 in early 2004. Her badge is a ship's wheel superimposed on seven blue roundels, representing the seven seas.
Being a cadet training ship, Ranger is not normally equipped with live weaponry unless required for a supervised training exercise. She is fitted for - but not with - a 20mm 85 GAM Cannon, as well as storage for four standard service rifles and two GPMGs.
Alongside HMS Trumpeter she was deployed on the Thames for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant as part of the Royal Squadron escorting the Royal Barge (above). Ranger is also due to assist with security for the 2012 London Olympics.