HMS Cutlass, 2022
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Cutlass |
Builder | Marine Specialised Technology, Merseyside |
Laid down | July 2020 [1] [2] |
Acquired | November 2021 |
Commissioned | 4 May 2022 |
Homeport | PJOB Gibraltar/HQ British Forces Gibraltar |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cutlass-class patrol vessel |
Displacement | 35 tons (full load) |
Length | 19 m (62 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion | Three Volvo D13 engines; triple MJP 350X waterjets [3] |
Speed | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) |
Complement | 6 personnel + up to 6 passengers |
Armament | 3 × general purpose machine guns (bow & stern-mounted); [For but not with: 1 × .50 machine gun] |
HMS Cutlass is a Cutlass-class fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy. She is a fast patrol boat with a maximum speed around 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) designed for sovereignty protection and coastal security duties. She is part of the Royal Navy's Gibraltar Squadron and arrived in the territory in November 2021 [4] after undergoing sea trials in Liverpool. [5] [6] The boat was formally handed over to the Royal Navy in March 2022. [7]
Along with HMS Dagger, she is replacing the Scimitar-class patrol vessels in Gibraltar. The Scimitar-class boats were deployed in Gibraltar after 2003 but were withdrawn from the territory in 2020, being then replaced by two Archer-class boats on an interim basis until the arrival of the Cutlass-class vessels.
On 4 May 2022, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy. [8]