Royal Navy commissions 4th Batch 2 River-class OPV December 22, 2020, by Naida Hakirevic
On 17 December 2020, the Royal Navy commissioned HMS Tamar, the fourth new River-class patrol ship, during a short ceremony in Portsmouth.
Twelve months to the day that ten sailors mustered in a dry dock in Glasgow and began Tamar’s transformation from lifeless hull to warship, the 2,000-tonne vessel joined the navy as a fully-fledged member of the Overseas Patrol Squadron.
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Tamar is the fourth of five Batch 2 River-class OPVs to join the Fleet, having arrived in Portsmouth from BAE Systems’ shipyards on the Clyde at the end of March.