HMS Trumpeter (P294) is an Archer Class P2000 Class patrol and training vessel commissioned in 1988. The photographs were taken on 24 May 2013 as she and other naval vessels were preparing for the Battle Of Atlantic celebrations being held the following day.
She is a twin-shafted vessel with a moulded GRP hull and is designed for patrol and training purposes.
HMS Trumpeter was for a time allocated to the Gibraltar Squadron undertaking guard and search & rescue duties before being replaced by a Scimitar Class vessel. She was also used more recently during the Thames River Pageant, escorting the Royal Barge during the Queens Diamond Jubilee.
HMS Trumpeter was for a time allocated to the Gibraltar Squadron undertaking guard and search & rescue duties before being replaced by a Scimitar Class vessel. She was also used more recently during the Thames River Pageant, escorting the Royal Barge during the Queens Diamond Jubilee.
Her displacement is 49 t and she has a length of 20.8m, 5.8m beam and 1.8m draft. Propulsion is via two Rolls Royce M800T diesels (1,590 bhp) giving a top speed of 14 knots.
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