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Enterprise's crew consists of 72 personnel, with 48 onboard at any one time, working a cycle of 75 days on, 30 days off. The ship can accommodate 81 personnel if necessary. The ship is operationally available 330 days a year. In support of this high availability, all accommodation and recreational facilities are designed for an unusual (in a warship) degree of comfort. All personnel share double cabins with private facilities, except the Captain and Executive Officer who both have single cabins.
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
Commissioned ships of the Royal Navy 