Archer-class patrol vessel

	HMS Raider, 2009
Class overview
Name	Archer class
Builders	Watercraft Marine; Vosper Thornycroft; Ailsa Shipbuilding Company;
Operators	Royal Navy; Royal Oman Police;
Succeeded by	Scimitar class; Cutlass class
In commission	1985–present
Active	17
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat & training vessel
Displacement	54 t (53 long tons)
Length	20.8 m (68 ft 3 in)
Beam	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Draught	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph); 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted);
Range	550 nmi (1,020 km; 630 mi)
Complement	18 (training); 12 (operational);
Sensors and ; processing systems	Decca 1216 navigation radar
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle ("for but not with") ; 3 × General purpose machine guns (Tracker, Raider, Dasher & Pursuer);

The Archer class (or P2000) is a class of patrol and training vessel in service with the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, commonly referred to as a "fast training boat". Most are assigned to Coastal Forces Squadron. HMS Tracker and HMS Raider are armed and provide maritime force protection to high value shipping in the Firth of Clyde and are most commonly employed as escorts for submarines transiting to Faslane. Pursuer and Dasher were also armed during their deployment on maritime force protection duties with the Gibraltar Squadron from 2020-2022.

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