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  • H87 HMS Echo

    UK Royal Navy




    2003 to present    



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    IMO: 9234018
    MMSI: 232640000
    Flight Deck:
    Call Sign: GAAC
    Shipyard: Appledore Shipbuilders


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    History of UK H87 HMS Echo

    2000-jun-19Ordered
    2002-mar-4Launched
    2003-mar-7Commissioned
    2011-jan-11Port VisitMTGrand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visit to Malta, until 15 Jan.
    2013Deploymentdeparted for 18-month surveying deployment in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Gulf.
    2015-oct-02NEWS UKLydd HMS Echo Lends a Deck to Lydd Search and Rescue
    2018RefitA and P Falmouth dry-docking period in Falmouth, included a through cleaning of the hull bottom below the waterline.
    2019-apr-30Port VisitGEBatumi Naval Base visited Batumi, during 3 weeks of operations in the Black Sea.
    2020-mayRefitUK Docks Teesside 6 week dry-docking period in UK Docks Teesside, Middlesborough.

    Specifications

       

        from Echo class
    72crew
    3740full load (tn)
    90.60length (m)
    16.80beam (m)
    5.50draught (m)
    9300range (nm)
    16.90max speed (knots)
    2Naval Gun single 20 mm

    Aircraft

       

        Typical Max
    Landing platform only. No hangar
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    UK Royal Navy AW AW159 Wildcat HMA2 01

    The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard    

    Builder

       

    UK Appledore Shipbuilders, 1.7nm N of Bideford





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