HMS Echo (H87)

HMS echo

Ship data flag  United Kingdom Ship type Reconnaissance ship , survey ship class Echo class Owner Royal Navy Shipyard Appledore Shipbuilders , Appledore baptism March 4, 2002 Launch March 2, 2002 takeover October 4, 2002 Commissioning March 7, 2003

Ship dimensions and crew length 90.6 m ( Lüa ) displacement 3,470 t   crew 88 seafarers and intelligence personnel

Machine system Top speed 15 kn (28 km / h)

Armament 4 × 2.0 cm guns Sensors Depth sounder , side-viewing sonar

Others

The HMS Echo (H87) is a reconnaissance ship and also serves as the Royal Navy's hydrographic survey ship . The HMS Echo is the namesake of the Echo class. It was launched on March 2, 2002 and entered service on March 7, 2003.

Reconnaissance skills and hydrography

The HMS Echo has hydrographic and geodetic measuring instruments and can use them to support amphibious and underwater operations by other forces. It can detect and identify underwater vehicles. The ship also serves as a base of operations for naval operations.

The ship has a side-view sonar and various echo sounders , a laboratory for taking water samples and IT systems for mapping and investigating the seabed . A detached sonar boat can operate independently.

Known missions

In December 2018, the HMS Echo passed the Bosporus and was deployed in the Black Sea at the request of Ukraine . In May 2019 she took part in a maneuver by the Ukrainian Navy .

Web links

• HMS Echo (H87) on the Royal Navy website

Individual evidence

1. ^ HMS Echo ( memento June 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Royal Navy.
2. ↑ HMS Echo reconnaissance ship arrives in Odesa. Unian, May 6, 2019, accessed on September 24, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Spy ship of British Royal Navy enters Black Sea. 112.international, December 18, 2018, accessed on September 24, 2019 .