HMS Charger (P292)

	HMS Charger at Bangor, 2006
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Charger
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Watercraft Limited, Shoreham-by-Sea; Vosper Thornycroft;
Launched	1986
Commissioned	1988
Homeport	HMS Eaglet, Liverpool
Identification	MMSI number: 235009880; Callsign: GAAX; Pennant number: P292;
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Archer-class patrol vessel
Displacement	54 tonnes
Length	20.8 m (68 ft)
Beam	5.8 m (19 ft)
Draught	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, Rolls-Royce M800T diesels, 1,590 bhp
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h); 45 kn (83 km/h) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted);
Range	550 nmi (1,020 km)
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;

HMS Charger is an Archer-class patrol vessel built by Watercraft Limited, Shoreham-by-Sea and fitted out at Vosper Thornycroft. She is just over 20 metres long and 5.8 metres wide and powered by two Rolls-Royce turbo engines. The ship is based at HMS Eaglet, the Royal Naval Headquarters in Liverpool and was commissioned in 1988. She has five full-time RN crew, and sails with an RNR training officer and a maximum complement of 12 students. She is attached to the Liverpool University Royal Naval Unit.

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