page_title: HMC Valiant
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: HMC Valiant / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: UK Customs cutter HMC (new prefix, formerly HMCC, HMRC) Valiant at 2 miles distant, inbound in choppy sea in the Solent, to Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 23rd October 2008. Image produced by George.Hutchinson from a photograph taken and supplied by Brian Burnell. The photograph should be attributed to Brian Burnell.
context_page_description: HMC Valiant is a Border Force, formerly UK Border Agency, cutter of the United Kingdom. She was launched by Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands in 2003 and is one of four 42-metre cutters formerly operated by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, and since 2008 operated by the UK Border Agency and after its dissolution in 2013 operated by the UK Border Force.
context_section_description: HMC Valiant is the fourth of the Customs and Excise's fleet of 42-metre (138 ft) customs patrol vessels.  She was built in 2003 in the Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands, and has a steel hull with an aluminium superstructure. Much effort has been expended in making her quiet to reduce crew fatigue; the engines are raft-mounted, decks throughout the ship are of a floating type, and her compartments are constructed on a box-within-a-box principle.
  A 7-metre (23 ft) Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) can be launched from her stern slipway.  She is fitted with a 2,000-litre (440 imp gal) per minute fire fighting system for dealing with fires in other ships.
caption: HMC Valiant in the Solent on 23 October 2008
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