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History
United Kingdom
Ordered	19 June 2000
Builder	Appledore Shipbuilders
Launched	4 March 2002
Commissioned	7 March 2003
Status	Template:Ship fate box active in service
General characteristics
Displacement	3,470 tonnes
Length	90.6 m
Beam	16.8 m
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, 3 x diesel generators (4.8 MW), 2 x 1.7 MW (2,279 hp) azimuth thrusters, 1 x 0.4 MW (536 hp) bow thruster
Speed	15 kt
Range	9300 nmi at 12 kt
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 (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.

v t e 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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