Echo class - AO - Support Ship IMO: 9234018 MMSI: 232640000 Flight Deck: Call Sign: GAAC Shipyard: Appledore Shipbuilders Events ---Filter---OrderedLaunchedCommissionedPort VisitRefitDeployment History of HMS Echo H87 2000-jun-19OrderedOrdered 2002-mar-04LaunchedLaunched 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. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications 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 Royal Navy Westland Lynx 01 Royal Navy AW AW159 Wildcat HMA2 01 Builder Appledore Shipbuilders, 1.7nm N of Bideford
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.
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