HMS Trent (P224)

	HMS Trent entering Portsmouth for the first time
History
United Kingdom
Name	Trent
Ordered	August 2014
Builder	BAE Systems Naval Ships
Laid down	7 October 2015 (Steel cut)
Launched	20 March 2018
Sponsored by	Mrs Pamela Potts
Christened	13 March 2018
Commissioned	3 August 2020
Home port	Portsmouth
Identification	Pennant number: P224; IMO number: 9752072; MMSI number: 232003590; International call sign: GTRT; ;
Motto	Laureata per labore (Latin: "Crowned with laurels through hard work")
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Batch 2 River-class patrol vessel
Displacement	2,000 tonnes
Length	90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)
Beam	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Endurance	35 days
Boats & landing; craft carried	Two rigid inflatable boats
Troops	up to 50
Complement	34–50
Sensors &; processing systems	Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar; Terma Scanter 4100 2D radar; BAE CMS-1; Shared Infrastructure operating system;
Armament	1 × 30 mm DS30B gun; 4 × 0.5" heavy machine guns; 2 × miniguns (originally fit; retired as of 2023); 2 × general purpose machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Merlin-capable flight deck; small UAVs may be embarked

HMS Trent is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel, named after the River Trent. This is the sixth Royal Navy ship named Trent. She is the third Batch 2 River-class vessel to be commissioned and has been deployed on various overseas taskings including being forward deployed to Gibraltar for operations in the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Guinea and the Caribbean.