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HMS Echo Visits Liverpool Photographs © John H. Luxton 2006 |
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These photographs were taken during the
World Ship Society Merseyside Branch's
visit to HMS Echo on Saturday January 21, 2006. HMS ECHO H87 was built at Appledore Shipyard under a subcontract from Vosper Thornycroft and launched in 2002. She has been supplied by VT under a 25 year design and maintain contract and is leased to the Royal Navy. She is the first Royal Navy ship to be fitted with a diesel-electric "Azipod" propulsion system. As well as functioning in its primary role as a Survey Vessel Hydrographic Oceanographic, the ship and her sister HMS ENTERPRISE has a secondary role as a mine countermeasures flagship. Accompanying her on her visit to Liverpool were Sandown Class mine hunters HMS RAMSEY, HMS GRIMSBY and HMS BLYTH. |
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| HMS ECHO with HMS RAMSEY alongside | Bridge | |||
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| Bulider's Plate | Hydrographic Survey | HMS GRIMSBY and BLYTH | Funnel with ship's crest | Ward Room |
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| The single 20mm gun mounted on the starboard side | Engine Room | Starboard Azipod top | ||
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