the pirate caribbean hunt steam corvette

These 2,000 tonnes vessels are very lean-manned with ship’s company of just over 40. Drafts to HMS Tamar or Spey are likely to be popular with sailors, offering an opportunity for a varied programme of exciting runs ashore. The crew rotation model has enabled the RN to significantly increase platform availability across a large part of the fleet. The watches rotate approximately every 5 weeks in a predictable 10 weeks at sea, 5 weeks ashore pattern that is generally appreciated by personnel. The third watch is on leave and training courses and is flown out by commercial flight to join the ship when it is their turn at sea.

The ship’s company, totalling around 65 is divided into three watches, with two of the three watches on board at any one time. Tamar and Spey have now switched to the same rotating crew model used by the other Batch II OPVs and survey ships.

Subsequently, they will mainly operate independently to cover this huge Joint Operations Area (JOA) which extends from the East coast of Africa to the West coast of the US. Delays to their departure mean the OPVs will not arrive in the region in time to meet up with the CSG, as had previously been announced.īy virtue of having the ranking Commanding Officer, HMS Tamar is the senior of the two ships and will lead this mini task group.

A two-week visit to Hawaii is the enticing first port of call in the Pacific. As with all naval plans, this may be subject to change and, like the Carrier Strike Group deployment, the impacts of COVID may restrict or impact when and where port visits are made. They will then take the westerly route to the Pacific, crossing the Atlantic in company (possibly replenishing in Bermuda or a Caribbean port before transiting the Panama Canal).

HMS Tamar and Spey made a coordinated departure from Portsmouth and will conduct a few days post-maintenance workup, most likely putting into Falmouth for any minor last-minute repairs. Here we look at the outline plan for this deployment and the wider implications of basing these ships in this vast area. Two brand new Offshore Patrol Vessels have sailed for the Indo-Pacific where they are expected to spend the next five years or more.

The pirate caribbean hunt steam corvette