HMS Tyne departs Portsmouth. BAE Systems has been contracted to provide in-service support to the three Batch 1 River class OPVs out to their revised OSD of April 2028. (Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)

The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to maintain its Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in service for another six-and-a-half years, official documents have revealed.

A contract award notice published by the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation on 14 October indicates that the out of service date (OSD) for the three ships – HMS Severn, HMS Tyne, and HMS Mersey – has been pushed out to April 2028

Severn, Tyne, and Mersey were originally built by Vosper Thornycroft (subsequently acquired by BAE Systems). Entering service from 2003, they were initially leased to the RN before being acquired outright by the MoD in 2012.

The three 80 m vessels were originally planned to be retired following the introduction to service of the five later Batch 2 River-class OPVs. This process had started with the decommissioning of Severn in October 2017

HMS Tyne departs Portsmouth. BAE Systems has been contracted to provide in-service support to the three Batch 1 River class OPVs out to their revised OSD of April 2028. (Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)

The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to maintain its Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in service for another six-and-a-half years, official documents have revealed.

A contract award notice published by the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation on 14 October indicates that the out of service date (OSD) for the three ships – HMS Severn, HMS Tyne, and HMS Mersey – has been pushed out to April 2028

Severn, Tyne, and Mersey were originally built by Vosper Thornycroft (subsequently acquired by BAE Systems). Entering service from 2003, they were initially leased to the RN before being acquired outright by the MoD in 2012.

The three 80 m vessels were originally planned to be retired following the introduction to service of the five later Batch 2 River-class OPVs. This process had started with the decommissioning of Severn in October 2017

HMS Tyne departs Portsmouth. BAE Systems has been contracted to provide in-service support to the three Batch 1 River class OPVs out to their revised OSD of April 2028. (Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)

The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to maintain its Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in service for another six-and-a-half years, official documents have revealed.

A contract award notice published by the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation on 14 October indicates that the out of service date (OSD) for the three ships – HMS Severn, HMS Tyne, and HMS Mersey – has been pushed out to April 2028

Severn, Tyne, and Mersey were originally built by Vosper Thornycroft (subsequently acquired by BAE Systems). Entering service from 2003, they were initially leased to the RN before being acquired outright by the MoD in 2012.

The three 80 m vessels were originally planned to be retired following the introduction to service of the five later Batch 2 River-class OPVs. This process had started with the decommissioning of Severn in October 2017

HMS Tyne departs Portsmouth. BAE Systems has been contracted to provide in-service support to the three Batch 1 River class OPVs out to their revised OSD of April 2028. (Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)

The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to maintain its Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in service for another six-and-a-half years, official documents have revealed.

A contract award notice published by the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation on 14 October indicates that the out of service date (OSD) for the three ships – HMS Severn, HMS Tyne, and HMS Mersey – has been pushed out to April 2028

Severn, Tyne, and Mersey were originally built by Vosper Thornycroft (subsequently acquired by BAE Systems). Entering service from 2003, they were initially leased to the RN before being acquired outright by the MoD in 2012.

The three 80 m vessels were originally planned to be retired following the introduction to service of the five later Batch 2 River-class OPVs. This process had started with the decommissioning of Severn in October 2017

HMS Tyne departs Portsmouth. BAE Systems has been contracted to provide in-service support to the three Batch 1 River class OPVs out to their revised OSD of April 2028. (Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)

The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to maintain its Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in service for another six-and-a-half years, official documents have revealed.

A contract award notice published by the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation on 14 October indicates that the out of service date (OSD) for the three ships – HMS Severn, HMS Tyne, and HMS Mersey – has been pushed out to April 2028

Severn, Tyne, and Mersey were originally built by Vosper Thornycroft (subsequently acquired by BAE Systems). Entering service from 2003, they were initially leased to the RN before being acquired outright by the MoD in 2012.

The three 80 m vessels were originally planned to be retired following the introduction to service of the five later Batch 2 River-class OPVs. This process had started with the decommissioning of Severn in October 2017

HMS Tyne departs Portsmouth. BAE Systems has been contracted to provide in-service support to the three Batch 1 River class OPVs out to their revised OSD of April 2028. (Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)

The UK Royal Navy (RN) plans to maintain its Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in service for another six-and-a-half years, official documents have revealed.

A contract award notice published by the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation on 14 October indicates that the out of service date (OSD) for the three ships – HMS Severn, HMS Tyne, and HMS Mersey – has been pushed out to April 2028

Severn, Tyne, and Mersey were originally built by Vosper Thornycroft (subsequently acquired by BAE Systems). Entering service from 2003, they were initially leased to the RN before being acquired outright by the MoD in 2012.

The three 80 m vessels were originally planned to be retired following the introduction to service of the five later Batch 2 River-class OPVs. This process had started with the decommissioning of Severn in October 2017