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|Name=''Attacker'' class
|Builders=[[Fairey Allday Marine]]
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|Header caption=(Lebanon service)
|Ship type=[[Patrol boat]]
|Ship displacement=34.54&nbsp;tons (full load)
|Ship length=*{{convert|20|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (overall)
*{{convert|19.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (waterline)
|Ship beam={{convert|5.18|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|1.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 × G.M. 12V71 T1 diesels driving 2 shafts, {{cvt|1300|bhp}}
|Ship speed={{convert|21|kn}}
|Ship range={{cvt|650|nmi}} at {{convert|20|kn}}
|Ship complement=11
|Ship sensors=*Decca 1216 navigation radar (ex-Royal Navy)
*Decca 2690 navigation radar (ex-British Customs)
|Ship armament=*3 × 12.7&nbsp;mm machine guns (ex-Royal Navy)
*1 × twin 23&nbsp;mm anti-aircraft gun (ex-British Customs)
|Ship notes=Taken from:<ref name=Wertheim446/>
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The '''''Attacker'' class''' (also referred to as the '''''Tracker'' class''') is a class of patrol boats. Formerly operated by the [[Royal Navy]] and [[HM Customs]], seven of the class are currently operated by the [[Lebanese Navy]]<ref name=Wertheim446>{{Cite book|last=Wertheim |first=Eric |title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=2007 |location=Annapolis |pages=445–6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C&q=Chaser+p-282&pg=PA445 |format=Google Books |isbn=978-1-59114-955-2}}</ref> and two by [[Lebanese Customs]].

==Design and construction==
The ''Attacker'' class was constructed by Fairey Allday ([[Fairey Marine Ltd]]), on the [[River Hamble]] in Hampshire, England.<ref name=Wertheim446/> HMS Attacker was built in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, while the rest of the class were built in Southampton.<ref name="Jane's Fighting Ships 2009">{{Cite book|editor=Saunders, Stephen |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010 |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7106-2888-6 |oclc=432267210 |page={{Page needed|date=September 2010}} }}</ref>

The ships have [[glass-reinforced plastic]] hulls.<ref name=Wertheim446/> The vessels were allocated to various RNR Divisions. HMS ''Striker'' being based in Liverpool as a tender to HMS ''Eaglet''. Eventually the vessels were re allocated to the [[URNU]]s.

==Operational history==
HMS ''Attacker'', ''Hunter'' and ''Striker'' formed the Cyprus Squadron and were used for patrol and harbour protection. HMS ''Attacker'' was the training ship for the [[University Royal Naval Unit]] serving Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities, while HMS ''Chaser'' performed this role at the [[Aberdeen URNU]] and HMS ''Fencer'' performed the same role for [[Southampton University]]. Patrol ships carried three [[general purpose machine gun]]s, while the training ships were unarmed.<ref name="Jane's Fighting Ships 2009" />

The ''Attacker'' class was decommissioned from the Royal Navy during 1991 and 1992.<ref name=Wertheim446/> All five ships were sold to the [[Lebanese Navy]] in July 1992.<ref name=Wertheim446/> Two ''Attackers'' formerly operated by the British Customs Service were also sold to [[Lebanon]] in March 1994.<ref name=Wertheim446/>

==List of ships==

* {{HMS|Attacker|P281}} - Transferred to the Lebanese Navy and renamed [[Lebanese patrol boat Trablous|''Trablous'']] in 1992.<ref name=Wertheim446/>
* {{HMS|Chaser|P282}} - Transferred to the Lebanese Navy and renamed [[Lebanese patrol boat Jbeil|''Jbeil'']] in 1992.<ref name=Wertheim446/>
* {{HMS|Fencer|P283}} - Transferred to the Lebanese Navy and renamed [[Lebanese patrol boat Jounieh|''Jounieh'']] in 1992.<ref name=Wertheim446/>
* {{HMS|Hunter|P284}} - Transferred to the Lebanese Navy and renamed [[Lebanese patrol boat Arz|''Arz'']] in 1992.<ref name=Wertheim446/>
* {{HMS|Striker|P285}} - Transferred to the Lebanese Navy and renamed [[Lebanese patrol boat Saida|''Saida'']] in 1992.<ref name=Wertheim446/>
* ''Safeguard'' (Customs) - Transferred to the Lebanese Navy and renamed [[Lebanese patrol boat Batroun|''Batroun'']] in 1994.<ref name=Wertheim446/>
* ''Swift'' (Customs) - Transferred to the Lebanese Navy and renamed [[Lebanese patrol boat Sarafand|''Sarafand'']] in 1994.<ref name=Wertheim446/>
* ''Libnan II'' (Lebanese Customs)
* ''Arz II'' (Lebanese Customs)

==References==
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