HMS Tyne is the sixth Royal Navy
ship to carry the name Tyne. She is a River-class
offshore patrol vessel built by Vosper Thornycroft in Southampton to serve as a
fishery protection unit within the United Kingdom's
waters along with her two sister ships Mersey and Severn.
All three were commissioned into service in 2003 to replace the five older Island-class patrol
vessels.
Tyne
was featured in the first episode of the BBC series Empire of the Seas,
"How the Navy Forged the Modern World, Heart of Oak", presented by Dan
Snow.
The ships have large working
decks to allow the vessels to cope in several roles, such as disaster relief,
fire fighting, rescue work, and interception of other vessels. For this purpose
a crane capable of lifting 25 tonnes for the use of standard containers is
fitted. The deck is also large enough to permit the transport of other craft
such as oil spill recovery tractors and landing craft.
She has made several visit to Edinburgh, HERE is just one of her previous visits.
Her affiliations include North
Tyneside Council, St Catherines Primary School, Hadrian Special Needs Primary
School, TS Caledonia (Peterhead Sea Cadets unit), TS Tyne (Newburn Sea Cadets
unit), and the Worshipful Company of Butchers.
