1st Patrol Boat Squadron's Summer – Four of the Royal Navy University Units, which make up only part of the assets of the 1st Patrol Boat Squadron students from four British universities to sea this summer and visited more than 30 European and Baltic ports during their 12 week annual summer deployment.      The students involved came from Sussex University (RANGER), Bristol University (TRUMPETER), Northumbria University (EXAMPLE) and the Universities of Yorkshire - Leeds, Sheffield and Hull (EXPLORER), and man the Patrol Ships on a rotating fortnightly basis.  

This year the Squadron visited Helsinki (Finland), St Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden), Karlskrona (Sweden) and Kiel (Germany), and over the 12 week period the four (4) Patrol Boats will have steamed almost 4,300 nautical miles visited 33 different ports and delivered 2,680 training days to the 200 students who have embarked.

Due to the 1st Patrol Boat Squadron's heavy commitment to the Olympics, deploying these four ships for an extended period has allowed them to maintain the delivery of sea training to the Royal Navy University Units.         Over the 12 week period the four (4) Patrol Boats will have steamed almost 4,300 nautical miles visited 33 different ports in 11 countries and delivered 2,680 training days to the 200 students who have embarked.    The four ships left the UK at the beginning of June (2012) visiting Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany before transiting the Kiel Canal in mid June and attending Europe's largest maritime festival, Kiel Week, alongside Type 23 Frigate ST.ALBANS.