HMS Tracker (P274)
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| Constructed by: | BMT |
| Hull: | Moulded glass reinforced plastic |
| Commissioned: | January 1998 |
| Decommissioned: | Still in service |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 54 tons |
| Length: | 20m |
| Beam: | 2.8m |
| Draught: | 1.9m |
| Propulsion: | 2 MTU V12 Diesels |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Range: | 550 nm @ 15kts |
| Complement: | 5 Ships Company, 12 Students, 1 Training Officer |
| Armament: | None |
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HMS Tracker (P274) is a P2000 class (Batch 2) fast patrol boat of the Royal Navy, used for training purposes by the Oxford University Royal Naval Unit (URNU). The vessel is harboured in Portsmouth, and is used to familiarise potential officers in the workings of the Royal Navy. She is the third ship to bear the name HMS Tracker.
History
The first Royal Naval vessel to bear the name HMS Tracker was HMS Tracker (D24), an Attacker-class escort carrier built in the USA and completed in 1943. She saw extensive action in 1943 with the Western Approach Command covering Atlantic, Mediterranean and Russian convoys.The second HMS Tracker was one of many Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) built towards the end of World War II. In 1952 she acted as the hospital ship for the first British atomic bomb test, (Operation Hurricane), which took place off the north-west coast of Australia.
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