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| HMS Echo |
 
Dates: 2002 - 2007 HMS Echo (H87) is the first of two multi-role hydrographic survey ships commissioned by the Royal Navy. With her sister ship, HMS Enterprise (H88), they form the Echo class of survey vessels. She was built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon in 2002. Echo and Enterprise are the first Royal Navy ships to be fitted with azimuth thrusters. Both azimuth thrusters and the bow thruster can be controlled through the Integrated Navigation System by a joystick providing high manoeuvrability. Complete control and monitoring for power generation and propulsion, together with all auxiliary plant systems, tank gauging and damage control functions is provided through the Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS), accessible through workstations around the ship.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Echo
" Aircraft Carriers. Ship Name, Launch Date, Displacement, Total Crew. HMS Invincible 1977--22,000--1051. HMS Illustrious 197--22,000--1051. HMS Ark Royal 1981--22,000--1051. Amphibious Assault Ships Ship. HMS Ocean 1995--20,700--265. HMS Albion 2001--18,500--363. HMS Bulwark ..."
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" The Royal Navy’s TAURUS 09 deployment to the Far East has finished its final exercise in Brunei and is now on its way home. The final phase of the deployment, Exercise Commando Rajah, saw 2 of the Navy’s largest ships spearheading a multi-national land and maritime exercise in ..."
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" After 18 months based in the South China Sea on successful military data-gathering operations, the survey vessel HMS Echo arrived home safely in Plymouth last week. During her deployment she spent 380 days at sea conducting military data collection and maritime security operations. She steamed ..."
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2 people in our Napoleonic Wars records
7 people in our Pre Napoleonic records
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