HMS Herald (H138)

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

HMS Herald
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Herald (H138)
BuilderRobb Caledon, Leith
Laid down9 November 1972
Launched4 October 1973
Completed22 November 1974
Commissioned1974
Decommissioned31 May 2001
Out of serviceSold to private hydrographic company in 2001
RefitFitted with a strengthened and extended flight deck for Lynx helicopter, 1988
IdentificationIMO number: 7330349
FateScrapped in 2004.
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 2,000 tons standard
  • 2,945 tons full load
Length79 m (259 ft 2 in)
Beam15.4 m (50 ft 6 in)
Draught4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric drive
  • 3 × Paxman 12 YJCZ diesels producing 2,434 hp
  • 1 electric motor producing 2,000 shp, driving a single shaft
  • Bow thruster
Speed
  • 11 kn (20 km/h) cruise
  • 14 kn (26 km/h) maximum
Range12,000 nmi (22,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × 35 ft (11 m) surveying motor boats
Complement12 officers and 116 men
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 radar
  • Hydroplot Satellite navigation system
  • computerised data logging
  • gravimeter
  • magnetometers
  • sonars
  • echo-sounders
ArmamentNone
Aviation facilitiesHelideck for 1 × Westland Lynx HAS 2/3
Service record
Operations:

HMS Herald was a Hecla-class ocean survey ship that served with the Royal Navy during both the Falklands War and Gulf War.