HMS Echo - H87

Ordered:	19 June 2000[1]
Builder:	Appledore Shipbuilders, Bideford
Launched:	4 March 2002[1]
Sponsored by:	Lady Haddacks
Commissioned:	7 March 2003[1]
Homeport:	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification:	Pennant number: H87 International callsign: GAAC[2] IMO number: 9234018 MMSI number: 232640000
Motto:	Marte et Art (Latin: "By Valour and Skill")
Status:	in active service
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General characteristics [1]
Type:	Hydrographic survey vessel
Displacement:	3,740 t (3,680 long tons; 4,120 short tons)
Length:	90.6 m (297 ft 3 in)
Beam:	16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draught:	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric 3 × diesel generators (4.8 MW) 2 × 1.7 MW (2,279 hp) azimuth thrusters 1 × 0.4 MW (536 hp) bow thruster
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range:	9,300 nmi (17,200 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance:	35 days
Boats & landing craft carried:	Survey motor boat
Complement:	72
Sensors and processing systems:	Integrated survey system[N 1]
Armament:	2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons 3 × Miniguns 4 × General purpose machine guns