HMS Echo (H87)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Echo.

HMS Echo in 2006
History
United Kingdom
Ordered19 June 2000[2]
BuilderAppledore Shipbuilders, Bideford
Launched4 March 2002[2]
Sponsored byLady Haddacks
Commissioned7 March 2003[2]
Decommissioned30 June 2022
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification
Motto
  • Marte et Arte
  • (Latin: "By Valour and Skill")
StatusAwaiting disposal
Badge
General characteristics [2]
TypeHydrographic survey vessel
Displacement3,740 t (3,680 long tons; 4,120 short tons)
Length90.6 m (297 ft 3 in)
Beam16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range9,300 nmi (17,200 km; 10,700 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance35 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		Survey motor boat
Complement72
Sensors and
processing systems		Integrated survey system[N 1]
Armament

HMS Echo was the first of two multi-role hydrographic survey ships commissioned by the Royal Navy. With her sister ship, HMS Enterprise, they formed the Echo class of survey vessels. She was built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon in 2002[3] and was the ninth Royal Navy vessel to carry the name. She was retired from service in 2022.

  1. ^ "Royal Navy Bridge Card" (PDF). Royal Navy Community Website. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005. London: Jane's Information Group Ltd. p. 815. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
  3. ^ "HMS Echo". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.


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