The ninth and current Hms Severn (P282) is a River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Royal Navy.Named after the River Severn, the ship is the first to bear the name in 56-years.
She was built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton to serve as fishery protection units within the United Kingdom's waters along with her two sister ships Tyne (P281) and Mersey (P283). All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island Class Patrol Vessels.
Hms Severn was affiliated with the city of Newport in September 2003 and awarded the freedom of the city in June 2006.
Hms Severn and her sisters Hms Tyne and Hms Mersey are all owned by shipbuilders the VT Group and leased to the RN for the next five years – with the option to continue to lease, buy them outright or hand them back to the Hampshire-based defence firm.
See is seen heading here to the Port of Leith (Edinburgh) for some R & R after a patrol in the North Sea.
Seen here on the quayside
