Archer-class patrol vesselW
Archer-class patrol vessel

The Archer class is a class of patrol and training vessel in service with the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, commonly referred to as a Fast Training Boat. Most are assigned to University Royal Naval Units, although HMS Tracker and HMS Raider are armed and provide maritime force protection to high value shipping in the Firth of Clyde and are most commonly employed as escorts for submarines transiting to Faslane. Pursuer and Dasher are also armed and provide maritime force protection operating with the Gibraltar Squadron.

Brave-class patrol boatW
Brave-class patrol boat

The Brave-class fast patrol boats were a class of two gas turbine motor torpedo boats (MTBs) that were the last of their type for the Royal Navy (RN) Coastal Forces division. They formed the basis for a series of simpler boats which were widely built for export.

Castle-class patrol vesselW
Castle-class patrol vessel

The Castle-class was a class of British offshore patrol vessels of the Royal Navy. Two ships were constructed. Both were transferred to the Bangladesh Navy in 2010. The Bangladesh Navy upgraded them with more weapons and sensors. These ships are now reclassified as corvettes by the Bangladesh Navy.

HMS Endurance (1967)W
HMS Endurance (1967)

HMS Endurance was a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel that served from 1967 to 1991. She came to public notice when she was involved in the Falklands War of 1982. The final surrender of the war, in the South Sandwich Islands, took place aboard Endurance.

HMS Endurance (A171)W
HMS Endurance (A171)

HMS Endurance was an icebreaker that served as the Royal Navy ice patrol ship between 1991 and 2008. Built in Norway as MV Polar Circle, she was chartered by the Royal Navy in 1991 as HMS Polar Circle, before being purchased outright and renamed HMS Endurance in 1992.

Ford-class seaward defence boatW
Ford-class seaward defence boat

The Ford-class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.

Harbour Defence Motor LaunchW
Harbour Defence Motor Launch

The Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML) was a British small motor vessel built during World War II.

Island-class patrol vesselW
Island-class patrol vessel

The Island-class patrol vessel was first designed and built for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency. As a result of the Royal Navy's experiences in the Cod Wars with Iceland, FPV Jura and FPV Westra were put in fishery protection patrols, the Navy built a further seven. These ships were designed and built by Hall Russell of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Motor Launch ML-286W
Motor Launch ML-286

Motor Launch ML-286 is a First World War submarine chaser built by Elco, that saw action with Royal Navy. It is also listed as one of the Little Ships that were used in the 1940, Dunkirk evacuation. It is currently in a very poor condition and lies on the banks of the River Thames at Isleworth Ait. ML-286 is the last surviving Royal Naval 'Motor Launch' of the more than 550 that served in the First World War.

MTB 102W
MTB 102

MTB 102 is one of few surviving motor torpedo boats that served with the Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. She was built as a prototype, but was purchased and taken into service by the Admiralty.

HMS Protector (A173)W
HMS Protector (A173)

HMS Protector is a Royal Navy ice patrol ship built in Norway in mid 2000. As MV Polarbjørn she operated under charter as a polar research icebreaker and a subsea support vessel. In 2011, she was chartered as a temporary replacement for the ice patrol ship HMS Endurance and was purchased by the British Ministry of Defence in early September 2013.

River-class offshore patrol vesselW
River-class offshore patrol vessel

The River class is a class of offshore patrol vessels built primarily for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. A total of nine were built for the Royal Navy (RN), four Batch 1 and five Batch 2. One Batch 1, which was the Falklands guard-ship, has been decommissioned and sold to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force.