HMS Archer (P264)

Launched in June 1986, HMS Archer is the lead ship of the Archer Class. She is the training vessel of the Edinburgh University Royal Naval Unit (URNU).

Role

Led by Lieutenant Jack Patterson, HMS Archer has been giving members of the Edinburgh University Royal Naval Unit their first taste of Navy life since 2012.

The syllabus is based primarily around leadership, navigation and seamanship, and also provides opportunities for travel, both around the UK and overseas, and for personal development. Upon a successful first year of training, members are awarded the honorary rank of Midshipmen.

Archer Class

Unit history

1801

The First Archer

The current HMS Archer is the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name. The first is a gun-brig launched in 1801.

1849

Thereafter

She was followed by a wood screw sloop (1849), a torpedo cruiser (1885) and a destroyer (1911), before a 9,000-ton escort carrier was built in the US under the Lend-Lease scheme, launched 1939.

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