HMS echo

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Several ships of the British Royal Navy were named HMS Echo after the nymph Echo , a figure in Greek mythology :

  • The first HMS Echo was a warship as a 6th grade classified brig or sloop with 28 canons. She was originally a French ship, but was captured by the British in the course of the fighting for Louisbourg ( Canada ) and taken over by the Royal Navy while retaining the name. It was sold in 1770.
  • The second HMS Echo was a brig or sloop with 18 guns, originally also a French ship, the Hussard . It was captured at Ouessant in 1780 , taken over by the Royal Navy and renamed Echo , but was lost to shipwreck near Plymouth the following year .
  • The third HMS Echo was a 16-gun sloop. It entered service in 1782 and retired in 1797.
  • The fourth HMS Echo was also a 16-gun sloop. It entered service in 1797 and sold in 1809.
  • The fifth HMS Echo was an 18-gun brig sloop. It entered service in 1809 and retired in 1817.
  • The sixth HMS Echo was a paddle-wheel drive gunboat with two guns, which was converted into a tug soon after its launch in 1830 . It was sold in 1885.
  • The seventh Echo (H23) was a destroyer of the E-Class . It was launched in 1934, was used in World War II and was on loan from 1944 to 1956 to the Greek Navy, which gave it the name Navarinon . After it was returned, it was scrapped in the same year.
  • The eighth HMS Echo (A72) was a hydrographic survey ship and gave its name to the Echo class. It was launched in 1957 and sold in 1986.
  • The ninth HMS Echo (H87) is again a hydrographic survey ship and namesake for a new Echo class. It was launched in 2002 and is currently in active service with the Royal Navy.

literature

  • William Laird Clowes: The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, 7 vols., London 1996 (reprint of 1897–1903 edition)

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