HMS Archer is the first and lead ship of the Archer/P2000 class of Fast patrol Boat and is also known as "The Original and Best".

Based in Aberdeen, she is the Royal Navy's most northernly homeported vessel.

During term time, Archer can generally be found out along the coast of Aberdeen with students embarked on sea training weekends, allowing them to practise the navigation they have been taught in the classroom.

In addition to thisshe spends three weeks at Easter in the Western Isles and seven weeks in the summer deployed to Europe and the UK in company with the other URNU training vessels.

This section of the website is designed to give you an insight into HMS Archer and what it does in aide of student training.