SS EXPLORER

Our simulator is named SS EXPLORER after the British ship HMS EXPLORER, an Archer-class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy.[1][2] The ship is primarily assigned to the Yorkshire Universities Royal Naval Unit (URNU), serving the universities of Hull, Sheffield and Leeds. The ship is based in Kingston-Upon-Hull and mainly operates on the East coast of the UK, particularly in and around the river Humber.

HMS Explorer is the second ship to bear the name; her predecessor was an unarmed experimental Walter-turbine submarine based on the captured high test peroxide (HTP) powered German Type XVIIB submarine U-1407 launched in 1956 and scrapped in 1965.

Given its history as a training vessel, the name EXPLORER fits well with the exploration our sailors will experience!