Echo-class survey ship (1957)

For the current class of Royal Navy survey ships, see Echo class survey ship (2002).

HMS Enterprise at Chatham in 1981
Class overview
NameEcho class
Operators Royal Navy
Built1958–1959
In commission1958–1985
Completed3
Preserved1
General characteristics
TypeSurvey ship
Displacement
  • 120 long tons (122 t) standard
  • 160 long tons (163 t) full
Length
  • 100 ft (30 m) p/p
  • 106 ft (32 m) o/a
Beam22 ft (6.7 m)
Draught6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
PropulsionPaxman diesel engines, 1,400 bhp (1,044 kW), 2 shafts, 15 tons diesel fuel
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement5 officers, 34 ratings (with accommodation for 4 / 18)
ArmamentFitted for 40 mm/60 Bofors gun

The Echo class was a class of inshore survey vessels built for the British Royal Navy in 1958–1959. The class was designed to operate in close waters such as harbour approaches, shipping lanes, rivers and estuaries. Together, the ships of this class formed the Royal Navy's Inshore Survey Squadron.[1]

  1. ^ http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1909 Archived 1 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Royal Navy – History of HMS Echo