What life is like on board Royal Navy's compact but capable P2000s 

Or you could, you know, look it up on your own. Google’s your friend.

I can tell you what it doesn't do, with actual certainty, it doesn't police its own shores, by stopping illegal invaders!

It's a training ship used by Sussex University Royal Naval Unit. It is an unarmed vessel as are it's two sister ships.

@@mikeycraig8970 HAHAHAHAhahahaha

@@mikeycraig8970 Which is exactly what they were built for.

yeah I was on London UAS but the London URNU very kindly took a friend and me on a weekend trip from portsmouth to southampton and back. (on HMS puncher) Really great experience! learned a lot. All the URNU were seasick. We were hungover but no seasickness from us. can't believe they actually are sending these things to the arctic! wild.

Tidy use of space inside. Not TARDIS like though, mate. ;)

Most of the Royal Navy's greatest commanders started out on small ships like this one - awesome formative experience for their crews!

And Blackbeard's last fight with Maynard. You surely didn't miss that?

alongside Admiral Beatty, a complete buffoon.

Another US Navy veteran here and also enjoyed the presentation. Smallest ship that I served on was a minesweeper (MSO) while in the Reserves. Although quite small compared to other ships, it was quite spacious compared to this ship. Best wishes for fair winds and following seas.

@@timsmith1125 smallest ship for me was the Forrestal.

Yeah, maybe they should show you the encryption modules and the sound characteristics too? Seriously, that's a military vehicle in active service and NATO is currently on its toes, they won't be keen to share sensitive data and show photos of those parts of the ship that are vital

@@juk-hw5lvyet everything op asked for, except a tour of the engine room is on Wikipedia and there would be even more information in Jane’s…

@@Mariner108-np6ffalso says on Wiki complement is 12-18

According to the Wikipedia page for P2000, they were designed for 20mm cannons but not fitted, and 12 of the 16 are unarmed. 4 have GPMGs.

looks like a ninja foodi dual zone.

They have a slow cooker as well, or at least Express did

Well its over 20 meters long and there's 5 crew aboard so...

@@ukeyaoitrash2618 you'll have to finish that sentence.

Arctic. As in ‘Arctic Ocean’. ‘Artic’ is an abbreviation for ‘articulated’, as in ‘articulated lorry’.

@@johnstarkie9948 I know they are small, but I don't think they would fit in a lorry? Is that why you want them abbreviated?

I like small ships, myself. If I were RN and not Canadian and active, not retired, I'd love to be posted on one of these. Some people like submarines too. No accounting for taste.

My dad was at Rosyth RNXS and they had Exploit

The crew stick oars over the side and row it.

​@AtheistOrphan , they stick their feet out the back and paddle.

And here in the US it’s weird to see any navy ships in port, currently have 3 carriers in Newport, which is pretty much unheard of.

Note he said he's got two Chief POs to keep the officers on the straight and narrow. 🤣🤣

Why sneer?

@@rapido2963 It's called "Service humour". Anyone who has served will understand. For the unenlightened, junior officers are regarded as inept, whatever the truth, and therefore subject to mickeytaking from those with longer service.

Speed is 25 knots Range 550 nmi 2 shaft Cat C18 Acert Diesel engines 54T displacement Length 20.8m or 68’3ft Operation crew capacity is 12 with accommodations for 18 total Armament is 3 GPMG machine guns with a fitting for a 20mm auto cannon. Not sure of power output, it seems they are geared more for torque/power than for speed as the ships could theoretically hit 45 knots

RN has declared itself too posh to patrol UK waters

A 16 inch gun turret weighs more than twice as much as one of these things

@@lukeallison3713 of course it does, my post was satirical but does reflect the sad state of the RN in todays dangerous world. An unarmed patrol ship is a luxury that the UK cannot afford!

​@@sputnikone6281They aren't heavily armed, but they can call in Larger vessels or the RAF for any direct action. . Not designed for fire fights, just presence.

@@robertwillis4061 a waste of money & manpower - armed patrol boats are needed not pleasure craft

@@robertwillis4061 it's main job is fishery protection, not going to need a lot of firepower for that, most modern trawlers are unarmed!

Compact and Bijou.

Absolutely classed as a Warship. White Ensign and HMS designation confirm that. It may seem counter intuitive but even Navy Survey vessels (In the RAN painted white) are technically "Warships". As a young Midshipman I spent time on two of the RAN's old (tiny) "General Purpose Vessels" (GPV's) HMAS BASS and HMAS BANKS... It was hilarious hearing Port control call us up as "Warship Bass"...but quite correct! They were indeed Commissioned vessels of the RAN. We were fitted FOR (but not with) 2 x M2 Browning HMG's... Some of these Archer Class P2000's similarly are fitted FOR (but not with) a 20mm Oerlikon on the Focs'le Several are used to escort Nuclear Submaries from and to base, and those ARE armed with 3 pintle mounted MG's...

Ship vs Boat is determined by how it leans while turning. If it leans inward, it's a boat. If it leans outward, it's a ship.

They have some general purpose machines guns they can mount. If they start firing anything something has gone badly wrong they are more to act as a visible RN presence and are therefore a physical manifestation of the Kings Navy and Armed Forces

Always knock first.

5 are based in Portsmouth.

@@SubmarineSamThat may well be so, but the purpose of a Patrol Boat is to patrol, not to lie alongside a jetty.

@@orraman5427 Lol they can't be at sea all the time - It's ok for them to be alongside. P2000s can put to sea at the drop of a hat, unlike most other RN vessels. What exactly do you want them to be doing? Don't say "anti-migrant operations" lol.