HMS Cutlass (P295)
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| History | |
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| File:Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Cutlass |
| Builder | Marine Specialised Technology, Merseyside |
| Laid down | July 2020[1][2] |
| Acquired | November 2021 |
| Commissioned | 4 May 2022 |
| Homeport | PJOB Gibraltar/HQ British Forces Gibraltar |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cutlass-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 35 tons (full load) |
| Length | 19 m (62 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion | Three Volvo D13 engines; triple MJP 350X waterjets[3] |
| Speed | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) |
| Complement | 6 personnel + up to 6 passengers |
| Armament | 3 × general purpose machine guns (bow & stern-mounted); [For but not with: 1 × .50 machine gun] |
| Aircraft carried | "Quadcopter" light reconnaissance/surveillance UAVs can be embarked[4][5] |
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HMS Cutlass is a Cutlass-class fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy. She is a fast patrol boat with a maximum speed around 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) designed for sovereignty protection and coastal security duties. She is part of the Royal Navy's Gibraltar Squadron and arrived in the territory in November 2021[6] after undergoing sea trials in Liverpool.[7][8] The boat was formally handed over to the Royal Navy in March 2022.[9]
Along with HMS Dagger, she is replacing the Scimitar-class patrol vessels in Gibraltar. The Scimitar-class boats were deployed in Gibraltar after 2003 but were withdrawn from the territory in 2020, being then replaced by two Archer-class boats on an interim basis until the arrival of the Cutlass-class vessels.
On 4 May 2022, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy.[10]
In May 2024, Cutlass deployed to Algarve coast for joint exercises with the Portuguese Navy.[11]
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