Hi All,
As this is my first post, please be gentle with me..
I am asking the question why the "Archer class" of patrol boats have changed the way they describe their length?
When Watercraft built them back in the the mid eighties, they were known as P20's, this was a natural name as it stood for "Patrol 20 metre" coastal training craft. Archer was the first so took the class name. In the RNXS we all knew them as P20's, all the training manuals were named P20 and there was a plate attached to the transom with the same information, P20 Coastal training craft.
When the Royal Navy took our vessels when we disbanded, and after Vospers had fitted out the remaining vessels when Watercraft went into liquidation, suddenly they were called P2000's. Why? If we are now saying they are Patrol 2000 milimetres craft, how silly, surely 20 metres is the correct way to describe a modern vessel length!
I will continue to call them P20's as this is what we all knew them as.
Rant over........