HMS Echo (H87) Royal Navy Ship Tea Coffee Mug Gift

HMS Echo (H87) was the lead ship of the Royal Navy's two-vessel Echo-class multi-role hydrographic oceanographic survey vessels, built by Appledore Shipbuilders, launched in 2002, and commissioned in 2003. Displacing around 3,740 tonnes with a length of 90.6 metres, she was powered by azimuth thrusters for enhanced manoeuvrability—the first in Royal Navy service—and equipped with advanced multibeam sonar, side-scan systems, and survey motor boats for detailed seabed mapping, oceanographic data collection, and support to submarine and amphibious operations, while also undertaking maritime security and humanitarian tasks. Echo conducted global deployments, including surveys in the Middle East, Baltic, Arctic, and participation in searches for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 wreckage. Decommissioned on 30 June 2022 after nearly 20 years of service amid a shift to autonomous survey technologies under the Future Military Data Gathering programme, she is no longer in Royal Navy service as of early 2026.