Echo class - AO - Support Ship IMO: 9234018 MMSI: 232640000 Flight Deck: Call Sign: GAAC Shipyard: Appledore Shipbuilders Events ---Filter---OrderedLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedPort VisitRefitDeploymentHomeport History of HMS Echo H87 2000-jun-19OrderedOrdered 2002-mar-04LaunchedLaunched 2002-decHomeportHomeport HMD Devonport at HMNB Devonport 2003-mar-07CommissionedCommissioned 2011-jan-11Port VisitPort Visit Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visit to Malta, until 15 Jan. 2013DeploymentDeployment departed for 18-month surveying deployment in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Gulf. 2015-oct-02NEWSLydd HMS Echo Lends a Deck to Lydd Search and Rescue 2018RefitRefit A and P Falmouth dry-docking period in Falmouth, included a through cleaning of the hull bottom below the waterline. 2019-apr-30Port VisitPort Visit Batumi Naval Base visited Batumi, during 3 weeks of operations in the Black Sea. 2020-mayRefitRefit UK Docks Teesside 6 week dry-docking period in UK Docks Teesside, Middlesborough. 2022-jun-30DecommissionedDecommissioned 2025-jul HMD Portsmouth 3 Basin laid up in 3 Basin at Portsmouth Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event
Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visit to Malta, until 15 Jan.
Lydd HMS Echo Lends a Deck to Lydd Search and Rescue 
Batumi Naval Base visited Batumi, during 3 weeks of operations in the Black Sea.