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HMS Echo remembers Arctic convoy heroes during search for sunken WW2 cruiser

Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo returned to waters where sailors once faced Nazi bombers and U-boats to pay tribute to the first Arctic convoy 80 years ago. The Devonport-based ship paused in the middle of the Barents Sea to remember the men of Operation Dervish – and the thousands who followed them, delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1945. Echo has … [Read more...] about HMS Echo remembers Arctic convoy heroes during search for sunken WW2 cruiser

Royal Navy shadows seven Russian warships in the Channel and North Sea

As the Royal Navy prepares to help the NHS and other government departments deal with the response to the coronavirus outbreak, nine British ships have been shadowing seven Russian vessels in waters around the UK. The Navy has completed a concentrated operation to shadow the Russian warships after unusually high levels of activity in the English Channel and North … [Read more...] about Royal Navy shadows seven Russian warships in the Channel and North Sea

Royal Navy warship HMS Echo crew praise by Prince Charles

The Prince of Wales shared the ‘nation’s pride’ with the crew of a Plymouth-based warship when he thanked them for their mercy mission in the Mediterranean. The heir to the throne dropped in on the survey ship in Athens’ port of Piraeus as HMS Echo took a break from Operation Sophia – the international naval effort to stop people-trafficking from North Africa to … [Read more...] about Royal Navy warship HMS Echo crew praise by Prince Charles

HMS Echo lends her deck to Her Majesty’s Coastguard

A Royal Navy survey ship has helped out a Coastguard helicopter by offering up her deck for winch training at sea. Returning to Plymouth after a recent North Sea survey, HMS Echo received a call for assistance from a Coastguard helicopter. It seemed the Agusta Westland AW139 was looking for a suitable platform to practise lowering and raising a winchman. Never one to turn … [Read more...] about HMS Echo lends her deck to Her Majesty’s Coastguard

HMS Echo visits Monaco

Plymouth-based Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo has visited one of the world’s smallest countries for a gathering of the world’s leading ocean experts. HMS Echo was invited to Monaco to take part in the fifth International Hydrographic Conference to support the UK Hydrographic Office.  The ship gathers data for the Hydrographic Office updating charts used by the majority of the … [Read more...] about HMS Echo visits Monaco

HMS Echo visits Oman

The Plymouth-based survey ship HMS Echo has become the first Royal Naval ship to enter a port in the Middle East. No ship under the White Ensign has come alongside in Duqm harbour in Oman – a former fishing village which has been transformed into a major new port and which owes its success in part to help from the Royal Navy.  The approaches to the new port were extensively … [Read more...] about HMS Echo visits Oman

HMS Echo building bonds through sport

During a recent, and rare, visit to Tripoli a Royal Navy survey ship’s rugby team took time out to build bonds with the Libyans on the sports field. The HMS Echo rugby team have not played for several years – but they arrived in Libya prepared for the special occasion even carrying a set of rugby posts from the UK. Rugby had been previously banned under Gaddafi’s regime, … [Read more...] about HMS Echo building bonds through sport

Royal Navy assists injured fisherman

The crew of a Royal Navy vessel have rushed to the aid of an injured French fisherman trapped by bad weather on the Irish Sea. Royal Navy Hydrographic survey vessel, HMS Echo, was carrying out maritime security operations when she received a request for assistance from Milford Haven Coastguard. The coastguard had already scrambled both an RAF search and rescue helicopter and … [Read more...] about Royal Navy assists injured fisherman

Royal Naval survey ship HMS Echo arrives home

The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo returned home to HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, (Thursday 16 August) after a 19-month deployment. Joyous families waved and cheered as the crew of the sophisticated ocean survey warship entered the naval base for a period of well-earned leave. Three of the crew have got married and seven babies born since the ship has been away. The … [Read more...] about Royal Naval survey ship HMS Echo arrives home

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