HMS Scott (H131)

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

HMS Scott at the British Antarctic Territory, 2010
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Scott
Operator Royal Navy
Ordered20 January 1995[1]
BuilderAppledore Shipbuilders, Bideford (Subcontracted from BAeSEMA)
Launched13 October 1996[1]
Commissioned30 June 1997[1]
RefitMajor 2013-2014
HomeportHMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeScott-class ocean survey vessel[3]
Displacement13,500 t (13,300 long tons; 14,900 short tons)
Length131.1 m (430 ft)
Beam21.5 m (71 ft)
Draught8.3 m (27 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Krupp MaK 9M32 9-cylinder diesel engines
  • Single shaft with controllable-pitch propeller
  • Retractable bow thruster
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement78
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Kelvin Hughes ARPA 1626, I-band navigation radar
  • Sonar array sounding system (SASS)
  • Proton magnetometer
  • Sonar 2090 ocean environment sensor
  • SASS IV multibeam depth-sounder

HMS Scott is an ocean survey vessel of the Royal Navy, and the only vessel of her class. She is the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name, and the second to be named after the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott. She was ordered to replace the survey ship HMS Hecla.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004-2005. London, UK: Jane's Information Group Limited. p. 815. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
  2. ^ "HMS Scott". FleetMon.com. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Survey Vessels: HMS Scott". ArmedForces.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2008.