HMS Tracker (P274)

	HMS Tracker in 2006
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tracker
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company
Commissioned	January 1998
Homeport	HMNB Clyde
Identification	Pennant number: P274; MMSI number: 235009960; Callsign: GCUU;
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 MTU V12 diesel engines
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h); 45 kn (83 km/h) (Hull design, but limited by gearbox and shaft tourque);
Range	400 nmi (740 km)
Complement	12
Sensors and ; processing systems	Sperry Marine Navigation Radar
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle ("for but not with") ; 3 × Mounted General purpose machine guns; 5 × SA80A2 (Personal Rifles);
Armour	Ballistic protection fitted

HMS Tracker is an Archer-class (P2000) patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. Along with the batch 2 Archer class, HMS Raider, Tracker is part of the Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron based at HMNB Clyde.

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