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HMS Protector

Berthed alongside (starboard side) at HMNB Devonport, UK

Career
(Norway)

Name:
Polarbjørn
Namesake:
Polar bea...
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Berthed alongside (starboard side) at HMNB Devonport, UK

Career
(Norway)

Name:
Polarbjørn
Namesake:
Polar bear
Owner:
GC Rieber Shipping,Bergen,Norway
Builder:
Western Ship Repair Yard, Klaipėda, Lithuania (hull)
Havyard Leirvik, Leirvik, Norway (outfitting)
Yard number:
76
Laid down:
30-09-00
Launched:
21-07-01
Completed:
22-10-01
Homeport:
Bergen
Identification:
IMO number: 9233997
MMSI Number: 257870000
Call sign: LARY5
Career (UK)

Name:
HMS Protector
Owner:
September 2013: Royal Navy
Operator:
Royal Navy
In service:
2011
Home port:
HMNB Devonport
Identification:
IMO number: 9233997
MMSI Number: 235086758
Call sign: GXRK
Pennant number: A173
Status:
In active service, as of 2014
General characteristics
Type:
Research ship & Icebreaker
Displacement:
5,000t (4,900 long tons; 5,500 short tons)
Length:
LOA 89m (292ft 0in)
LBP 80.4m (263ft 9in)
Beam:
18m (59ft 1in)
Draft:
8.35m (27ft 5in) (max)
7.3m (23ft 11in) (as icebreaker)
Ice class:
DNVICE-05
Installed power:
2 × Rolls-Royce Bergen BR-8, 2 x 3,535kW (4,741hp)
Propulsion:
Rolls-Royce controllable-pitch propeller
Brunvoll bow thrusters (800+600kW), stern thrusters (1125+990kW) and retractable azimuth thruster (1500kW)
Speed:
15 knots (28km-h; 17mph)
Boats and landing
craft carried:
1 × Survey motor boat
1 × Rigid Work Boat
2 × Pacific 22 RIBs
Complement:
88 (accommodation for up to 100)
Armament:
Mini-guns
General purpose machine guns
Aviation facilities:
Flight deck

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