HMS Scimitar (P284)

HMS Scimitar off Gibraltar with Type 45 Destroyer HMS Daring in 2016
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Scimitar
Builder	Halmatic Ltd, Portsmouth
Launched	December 1992
Commissioned	2003
Decommissioned	30 March 2022
Identification	Pennant number: P284 MMSI number: 232002929 Callsign: GWBX
Status	Awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class and type	Scimitar-class patrol vessel
Displacement	24 tonnes (24 long tons)
Length	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Beam	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Draught	1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × MAN 2480LXE diesels, 2 shafts
Speed	32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Range	260 nmi (480 km) at 19 kn (35 km/h)
Complement	7 (1 officer, 6 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems	Racal-Decca Bridgemaster 360, I band navigation radar
Armament	2 × General purpose machine guns (stern-mounted)

HMS Scimitar was a Scimitar-class fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy. She is a Lifespan Patrol Vessel type boat and formerly served in inland waterway duties in Northern Ireland as MV Grey Fox. She was acquired to serve with the Gibraltar Squadron, tasked with policing, customs and search and rescue duties. This released an Archer-class patrol vessel for tasking with the Cyprus Squadron.