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H-87 Echo

H-87 Echo

Country: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Class, [Type]: Echo, [AGS].

Builder: Appledore Shipbuilders, Appledore, Devon, U.K.

Launch date: 04 March 2002.

Commission date: 07 March 2003.

Decommission date: 30 June 2022.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.500.

Dimensions ( metres ): 90 x 16 x 5,5

Main machinery: 2 x ABB Compact Azipod electric azimuthal thrusters ( 4.600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 15.

Range ( miles ): 9.000 at 12 knots.

Complement: 46 ( accomm. for 81 ).

Guns: provision for 4 x Oerlikon GAM-B01 20mm/90.

Radar: Navigation: Decca BridgeMaster-E 180.

Sonar: ???.

Helicopter: can operate a light helicopter.

Callsign: GXUG (GolfX-rayUniformGolf)

Similar units:

United Kingdom H88 Enterprise