HMS Example (P165)
{{Short description|Archer-class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy}}
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HMS Example is an {{sclass|Archer|patrol vessel|0}} patrol and training vessel of the Royal Navy, based at {{HMS|Calliope|shore establishment|6}} in Gateshead, England. Example was originally built for the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service, and was transferred to the Royal Navy when the RNXS disbanded in 1994. On transfer, she retained her name, and became the first ship in the Royal Navy to bear that name.{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/surface-fleet/patrol/archer-class/hms-example# |title=HMS Example (P165) |publisher=Royal Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421163301/https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/surface-fleet/patrol/archer-class/hms-example |archive-date=21 April 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=20 April 2018 }}
HMS Example is currently part of the Coastal Forces Squadron, formerly 1st Patrol Boat Squadron.{{cite web |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/669180/response/1596389/attach/2/FOI%202020%2006471Final%20response.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 |title=Coastal Forces Squadron |author= |date=6 July 2020 |website=whatdotheyknow.com |publisher=Whatdotheyknow.com |access-date=16 July 2020 |quote=I can confirm that Ministerial approval for the change in name from 1st Patrol Boat Squadron to Coastal Forces Squadron was given on 21 May 2020.}} The mission statement of the CFS is to "provide support to allow the conduct of safe and effective P2000 operations in support of the URNU sea-training syllabus"; URNU is acronym for University Royal Naval Unit. Example is attached to the Northumbrian URNU, is based at the shore establishment HMS Calliope in Gateshead, and has a crew of 5 (plus up to 12 students).{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/seafaring-students-sail-to-the-baltic-with-the-royal-navy |title=Seafaring students sail to the Baltic with the Royal Navy |publisher=UK Government |date=15 August 2012 |access-date=20 April 2018}}
Example acts as a training ship for students at Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside and Sunderland universities. The ship takes part in deployments over the university summer and Easter holidays, giving the students an opportunity to spend a longer amount of time living on board the ship and to experience larger scale naval operations with other URNUs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16190356.university-crews-navigate-visit-hartlepool-navy-museum/|title=University crews navigate North Sea to museum|last=Bowe|first=Charlotte|date=April 29, 2018|work=The Northern Echo|access-date=January 28, 2020}}
Operational history
Example was built by Watercraft Ltd of Shoreham by Sea and launched in 1985. She was initially delivered to the Royal Navy Auxiliary Service (RNXS) as an auxiliary service vessel with the pennant number A153. She was the lead vessel of a batch of four vessels known as the Example class, but was identical in design to the Archer class of patrol boats being simultaneously built for the Royal Navy.
Example and her sisters were transferred to the Royal Navy when the RNXS disbanded in 1994. She retained her existing name, but was reclassified as a patrol boat of the Archer class, and was given the new pennant number of P165.
The ship played a prominent role in the 2004 Entente Cordiale celebrations, and escorted {{HMS|Endurance}} in the 2005 International Fleet Review. In summer 2006 the ship celebrated its 21st birthday with divisions at HMS Calliope with the salute taken by N Sherlock, Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear. In 2008, Example took a prominent role in the Tyneside celebrations to mark the centenary of the Territorial Army centred on the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-says-ta-100-good-1469985 |title=North says TA for 100 good years |publisher=Newcastle Chronicle |date=11 May 2008 |access-date=18 May 2021}}
In 2012, in the company of sister ships {{HMS|Explorer|P164|2}}, {{HMS|Ranger|P293|2}} and {{HMS|Trumpeter|P294|2}}, Example undertook a 12-week deployment visiting Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany before transiting the Kiel Canal and attending Kiel Week. The deployment continued to Stockholm, St Petersburg and Tallinn before returning to the UK.
In November 2016, Example rejoined the fleet after a prolonged refit during which she received new engines allowing the ship to reach speeds of up to {{convert|22|kn|kph|0}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/november/24/161124-hms-example-returns-to-the-fleet |title=HMS Example returns to the Fleet |publisher=Royal Navy |date=24 November 2016 |access-date=20 April 2016}}
Current Commanding Officer Lt. Oliver Thomas RN
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External links
- [https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/surface-fleet/patrol/archer-class/hms-example HMS Example Official Website]
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