Cutlass-class patrol vessel

The Cutlass class is a class of fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy.

HMS Cutlass, 2022
Class overview
Name	Cutlass class
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Scimitar class
Cost	£9.9m for two, including 4 years support
In service	2021–present
Completed	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	35 t (34 long tons) (full load)[1]
Length	19 m (62 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	3 × Volvo D13 engines (1,000 hp, 750 kW) driving 3 × MJP 350X Waterjets
Speed	41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph)
Complement	6 personnel and up to 6 passengers
Armament	3 × general purpose machine guns (bow & stern-mounted)

The two vessels of this class are a commercial HPB-1900 design, built to military specifications by Merseyside-based Marine Specialised Technology^[2] at a cost of £9.9m for two (including 4 years support).^[3] The vessels are being assigned to serve in a sovereignty protection and coastal security role with the Royal Navy's Gibraltar Squadron.^[4] The first vessel, HMS Cutlass, arrived in Gibraltar in November 2021 while the second, HMS Dagger, arrived in Gibraltar in March 2022.^[5]

As of 2023, the Cutlass class are the smallest commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy, being slightly lighter, in terms of displacement, than the Royal Navy's survey vessel HMS Magpie.

Vessels in the class

HMS Dagger at HM Naval Base, Gibraltar

Name	Pennant No.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Status
Cutlass	P295	Marine Specialised Technology, Merseyside	July 2020[3][6]		4 May 2022[7]	Active[8]
Dagger	P296		July 2020[3][6]		14 July 2022[9][10]	Active[11]

See also

• Scimitar-class patrol vessel
• Archer-class patrol vessel
• Raptor-class patrol boat
• CB90-class fast assault craft
• Sea-class workboat