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	'''HMS ''Echo'' (H87)''' is the first of two multi-role ] survey ships commissioned by the ]. With her sister ship, ], they form the ] of survey vessels. She was built by ] in ] in 2002 .		'''HMS ''Echo'' (H87)''' is the first of two multi-role ] survey ships commissioned by the ]. With her sister ship, ], they form the ] of survey vessels. She was built by ] in ] in 2002 .

			''Echo'' and ''Enterprise'' are the first ] ships to be fitted with ]s. 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.

			== General characteristics ==
			* Endurance: 35 days
			* Sensors:
			** Multi beam echo sounder
			** Single beam echo sounder
			** Survey Planning and Processing Systems
			** Side-scan sonar
			** Oceanographic Probe and sensors
			** Undulating Oceanographic Profiler
			** Doppler Current Log
			** Sub-bottom Profiler
			** Bottom Sampling Equipment
			* Auxiliary vessel: motor boat fitted with multi-beam sonar and sidescan sonar
			* Affiliation:


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

Career
File:Echo.jpg
Ordered:	19 June 2000
Laid down:
Launched:	4 March 2002
Commissioned:	7 March 2003
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Template:Ship fate box active in service
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	3,470 tonnes
Length:	90.6m
Beam:	16.8m
Draught:
Propulsion:
Speed:	15 knots
Range:
Complement:
Armament:
Aircraft:
Motto:

HMS Echo (H87) is the first of two multi-role hydrographic survey ships commissioned by the Royal Navy. With her sister ship, HMS Enterprise (H88), 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.

General characteristics

Endurance: 35 days
Sensors:
- Multi beam echo sounder
- Single beam echo sounder
- Survey Planning and Processing Systems
- Side-scan sonar
- Oceanographic Probe and sensors
- Undulating Oceanographic Profiler
- Doppler Current Log
- Sub-bottom Profiler
- Bottom Sampling Equipment
Auxiliary vessel: motor boat fitted with multi-beam sonar and sidescan sonar
Affiliation:

Commissioned ships of the Royal Navy

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