21st July 2012 Preston Sea Cadets Provided an Honour Guard for the Crew of Royal Navy Archer-class patrol vessel HMS Charger, the ship that has been adopted by Preston in this the Guild Year 2012.
The 20-metre long ship was unveiled at the Riversway Festival at Preston Marina, as part of the weekend festival. The Guild Mayor and other VIPs boarded HMS Charger in the lock before heading for the dock basin following Preston Marina’s decorated boat the 'Preston Belle’.
Tendered to the Liverpool University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) since 1990, HMS Charger is based at Brunswick Dock on the site of the new Royal Naval Headquarters, Merseyside. The sixth ship to be named HMS Charger, she was built originally by Watercraft Limited, Shoreham, but completed and fitted out Vosper Thornycroft, being commissioned in June 1988. She has a displacement of 49 tonnes, a length of 68ft and a beam of 19ft.
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