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Vessel Data and Contact Information for the
Echo (HMS)

Last Updated - 5/2/2005
Main Activities
Dimensions
Capacities & Workspaces
Range, Speed, Endurance
Accommodations
DP Equipment
CTD Specs
Coring Specs
Underwater Vehicles
Diving Capabilities
Engineering Design
Navigation & Communications
Acoustics & Profiling
Winches, Gantries & Cranes
Construction
Country: UK

NODC Code:

Unknown
    Call Sign: Unknown
Owner: Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Operator: Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Ltd (VT)
Contact:
Address: VT Support Services Head Office
VT House, Grange Drive, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 2DQ
England, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)23-8083-9001
Fax: +44(0)23-8083-9002
Email:
Year Built: 2002
Ship URL: Link to Ship Home Page

Ship Schedule URL:

Unknown

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Main Dimensions

  Length OA: 90.6  m
  Breadth: 16.8  m
  Freeboard to working deck: Unknown
  Max. draft: 5.25  m
   

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Main Vessel Activity

  Main Activity: hydrographic, Meteorolgical and oceanographic survey
  Operating Area:
  Navy Grids Supported:
   

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Capacities and Working Spaces

  Gross tonnage: Unknown
  Dry cargo holds: Unknown
  Fuel: Unknown
  Wet Labs Area: Unknown
  Dry Lab Area: Unknown
  Fresh Water
 Storage Capacity:
Unknown
  Fresh Water Generator Capacity: Unknown
  Scientific Clean Water Generation: Unknown
  Free Working Deck Area: Unknown
  Space for container lab: Unknown
  Radioactive Isotope Work Areas: Unknown
   

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Range, Speed and Endurance

  Range: 9300  nautical miles
  Cruising Speed: 12  kts.
  Max. Speed: 15  kts.
  Endurance: Unknown
   

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Accommodation

  Officers: 13
  Other crew: 72
  Scientists: Unknown
  Air Conditioned:
     

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Data Processing Equipment:

  Computers: Unknown
  Printing/Plotting: Unknown
     

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CTD Specifications:

  CTD Aboard: Unknown
  CTD Type: Unknown
  CTD Tow able: Unknown
  CTD Oxygen Sensing: Unknown
  CTD Transmissivity: Unknown
  CTD Fluormeter: Unknown
  CTD Rosette: Unknown
     

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Coring Specifications:

  Coring Capabilities Aboard: Unknown
  Grab Sampler: Unknown
  Box Corer: Unknown
  Gravity Corer: Unknown
  Piston Corer: Unknown
  Multi Corer: Unknown
     

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Underwater Vehicle Capabilities:

  Underwater Vehicle Support: Unknown
  ROVs: Unknown
  AUVs: Unknown
  Submersibles: Unknown
     

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Diving Support:

  Diving Capabilities: Unknown
     

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Engineering Design Particulars

 

Ice Breaking Ability:

Unknown
 

Hull Materials:

 
Unknown
  Dynamic Positioning Ability: Unknown
  Engines: Main engine(s): number:  3   make:  Diesel electric propulsion system
Power (BHP) each engine:  Unknown

Propeller Diameter:  Unknown
  m Max. RPM:   Unknown
Total power auxiliary diesels:  Unknown
  HP
  Electrical Systems:  
 

AC    

 Voltages: Unknown
     kVA: Unknown
    Phases: Unknown
   

Frequency:

Unknown
   

Stabilized System:  Unknown  VAC  Unknown  AMPs   Unknown  Hz

 

DC

  Unknown   Volts with  Unknown  Volts Max

       
 

Fixed Equipment

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Navigation and Communication:

  Navigational Equipment: includes: Kelvin Hughes X Band and S Band Radar
  Communications Equipment: Unknown
  Satellite Communications Equipment: Unknown
  GPS: Unknown
     

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Acoustics and Profiling:

  Echosounders: (2) EA600 echo sounders
  Sonar Type: Unknown
  Sea Surface Mapping System: Unknown
  Side Scanning: yes
  Multibeam: Simrad EM 1002
  Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler: yes
  Silent Ship Operations: Unknown
     

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Oceanographic:

  Winches: Unknown  
    Steel Wire Length: Unknown  safe working load:  Unknown
    Conducting Cable Length:  Unknown , safe working load:  Unknown
    Trawl winch length:  Unknown , safe working load:  Unknown
    Other Winches:
      Length:  Unknown , safe working load:  Unknown
     
  Gantry: Position: Unknown
   

Clearance above deck:  Unknown , and outboard extension:  Unknown

   

Safe working load at maximum reach:  Unknown

       
  Crane: Position: Unknown
   

Clearance above deck:  Unknown  and outboard extension:  Unknown

   

Safe working load at maximum reach:  Unknown

       
  Other:   Unknown
       

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Vessel Construction and Maintenance Supervision

  Construction Supervised by: built by Appledore Shipbuilders
  Classification Society: Lloyds + 100A1 Survey Vessel Ice Class
  Others, Specify: 360 deg. podded thrusters all electric propulsios
     
 
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Lewes, Delaware  19958
Phone:  (302) 645-4225
Email:  info@oceanic.udel.edu