HMS Explorer (P164)

	HMS Explorer, 2004
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Explorer
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Commissioned	1986
Reclassified	1994
Homeport	Kingston-upon-Hull
Identification	MMSI number: 235009910; Callsign: GABB; Pennant number: P164;
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, Cat C18 ACERT diesels, 873 bhp per shaft
Speed	22 kn (41 km/h); 45 kn (83 km/h) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted);
Range	550 nmi (1,020 km)
Complement	20 (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 Explorer is an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. The ship is primarily assigned to the Yorkshire Universities Royal Naval Unit (URNU), serving the universities of Hull, Sheffield and Leeds. The ship is based in Kingston-Upon-Hull and mainly operates on the East coast of the UK, particularly in and around the Humber estuary.

HMS Explorer is the second ship to bear the name; her predecessor was an unarmed experimental Walter-turbine submarine based on the captured high test peroxide (HTP) powered German Type XVIIB submarine U-1407 launched in 1956 and scrapped in 1965.

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