&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Echo_(H87)_2015.jpg) HMS Echo, 2011
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Appledore Shipbuilders, Bideford (Subcontracted from Vosper Thornycroft) |
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Built | 2000–2003 |
| In commission | 2003–2023 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Retired | 2[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type | |
| Displacement | 3,740 t (3,680 long tons)[3] |
| Length | 90.6 m (297 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 9,300 nmi (17,200 km; 10,700 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance | 35 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | Survey motor boat |
| Complement | 72 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Integrated survey system[N 1] |
| Armament | |
The Echo class was a class of multi-purpose hydrographic survey ships in commission with the Royal Navy. The ships were primarily tasked with conducting survey work in support of submarine and amphibious operations, however, the class also has a secondary role in mine countermeasures. The two vessels of the class were the most recent additions to the Royal Navy's Hydrographic Squadron. Each ship displaced approximately 3,700 tonnes, and was equipped with a state of the art suite of equipment. The lead ship of the class, HMS Echo, was retired in 2022 and her sister ship in 2023.[6]
- ^ @NavyLookout (30 June 2022). "@HMSEcho formally decommissioned today in Portsmouth after 20 years in service" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 July 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Limited. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "HMS Enterprise is decommissioned". Royal Navy. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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