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History

UK
Ordered	19 June 2000
Builder	Appledore Shipbuilders
Launched	4 March 2002
Sponsored by	Lady Haddacks, wife of Vice Admiral Sir Paul Haddacks
Commissioned	7 March 2003
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Status	Template:Ship fate box active in service
General characteristics
Displacement	3,470 t (3,415 long tons)
Length	90.6 m (297 ft 3 in)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help) Diesel-electric 3 × diesel generators (4.8 MW) 2 × 1.7 MW (2,279 hp) azimuth thrusters 1 × 0.4 MW (536 hp) bow thruster
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	9,300 nmi (17,200 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance	35 days
Complement	72
Sensors and processing systems	list error: <br /> list (help) Side-scan sonar Multi-beam echo sounder Single-beam echo sounder Undulating oceanographic profiler Doppler current log Sub-bottom profiler Bottom sampling equipment

HMS Echo (H87) is the first of two multi-role hydrographic survey ships commissioned by the Royal Navy. With her sister ship, HMS Enterprise, they form the Echo class of survey vessels. She was built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon in 2002.

Echo and Enterprise are the first Royal Navy ships to be fitted with azimuth thrusters. Both azimuth thrusters and the bow thruster can be controlled through the Integrated Navigation System by a joystick providing high manoeuvrability. Complete control and monitoring for power generation and propulsion, together with all auxiliary plant systems, tank gauging and damage control functions is provided through the Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS), accessible through workstations around the ship.

Commissioned ships of the Royal Navy

Aircraft carriers

Queen Elizabeth class	Queen Elizabeth Prince of Wales

Submarines

Vanguard class	Vanguard Victorious Vigilant Vengeance
Trafalgar class	Triumph
Astute class	Astute Ambush Artful Audacious Anson

Destroyers

Type 45	Daring Dauntless Diamond Dragon Defender Duncan

Frigates

Type 23	Argyll Lancaster Iron Duke Westminster Richmond Somerset Sutherland Kent Portland St Albans

Amphibious
warfare ships

Albion-class LPD	Albion Bulwark

Mine counter
measures vessels

Sandown class	Penzance Pembroke Bangor
Hunt class	Ledbury Cattistock Brocklesby Middleton Chiddingfold Hurworth

Patrol vessels

Ice patrol vessel	Protector
River class	Severn Tyne Mersey Forth Medway Trent Tamar Spey
Archer class	Archer Biter Smiter Blazer Puncher Charger Ranger Trumpeter Express Example Explorer Exploit Tracker Raider Pursuer Dasher
Cutlass class	Cutlass Dagger

Survey vessels

Ocean survey vessel	Scott
Survey launch	Magpie

Miscellaneous

Ship of the line	Victory (flagship of the First Sea Lord)

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