P283 HMS Mersey River Offshore Patrol Vessel Royal Navy

Royal Navy - Offshore Patrol Vessel / OPV
P 283 HMS Mersey

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Type, class: Offshore Patrol Vessel - OPV; River class, Batch 1
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft Shipbuilding, Southampton, Hampshire, U.K.

STATUS:
Awarded: April 2001
Laid down: ?
Launched: June 14, 2003
Commissioned: November 28, 2003
IN SERVICE

Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Namesake: River Mersey

Technical Data: see INFO > River class Offshore Patrol Vessel

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HMS Mersey was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton to serve as a fishery protection vessel within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Tyne and Severn. All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island-class patrol vessels. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 28 November 2003. At that time, Mersey was not expected to commence duties until February 2004.

Mersey was the last Royal Navy ship to be launched from Vosper Thornycroft at its Woolston shipyard; Jennie Reeve, wife of Rear-Admiral Jonathon Reeve, Chief of Fleet Support, was the ship's sponsor.

History:
For the first thirteen years of operation, Mersey operated around the United Kingdom on Fishery Protection duties.

In October 2013, Mersey was dry docked in Falmouth.

In January 2016, Mersey became the second River-class OPV to be deployed to the Caribbean Sea following on from her sister Severn in 2015.

In May 2016, Mersey was dry docked in Martinique as part of her mid-deployment maintenance period. By July, Mersey had been relieved by RFA Wave Knight and was deployed on migrant patrols in the Aegean via a port call in Gibraltar. Mersey returned to Portsmouth on 10 February 2017 after 13 months away to resume her fishery protection duties.

On 3 January 2019, Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson confirmed that HMS Mersey has been deployed to assist UK and French authorities with illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel.

source: wikipedia

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