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Hms Herald (H138) | colspan="2"| | | lign ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career | align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|RN Ensign | | rdered: | | | aid down: | | | aunched: | Robb Caledon, Leith. Completed refit 1988 with a strengthened and extended flight deck for Lynx helicopter. | | ommissioned: | 1974 | | ecommissioned: | 31 May 2001 | | ate: | | | truck: | | | olspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics | | isplacement: | Standard:2000 tons Full Load:2945 tons | | ength: | 79m | | eam: | 15.4m | | raught: | 4.9m | | ropulsion: | Diesel electric drive, 3 Paxman 12 YJCZ diesels producing 2434hp, 1 electric motor producing 2000shp driving a single shaft. | | peed: | Max:14 knots Cruise:11 knots | | ange: | 12,000 miles at 11 knots | | omplement: | Officers:12 Crew:116 | | rmament: | | | ircraft: | Helideck for 1 Westland Lynx HAS 2/3 | | otto: | Herald pays off 12 April 2001 In December 2000, HMS Herald answered a mayday call and took part in a joint operation with the RAF to rescue the crew of the Cypriot ferry Royal Prince. The 35-metre ship sank in rough seas but the crew were plucked to safety and taken to HMS Herald by an RAF helicopter from Akrotiri. The Herald is the last A-class ocean survey ship in Service with the RN, and is a veteran of both the Falklands and Gulf wars. decommission on 31 May 2001. her Commanding Officer, Cdr Duncan Tilley The first of two new survey vessels, HMS Echo (H87), is due to enter Service at the end of next year with her sister-ship HMS Enterprise (H88) following. Stabiliser or Anti-roll Device: Passive stabilisation tank Bow Thruster: yes Ship's Navigational Equipment Radars: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 Surveying Equipment and Facilities Fitted with Hydroplot Satellite navigation system, computerised data logging, gravimeter, magnetometers, sonars, echo-sounders and an oceanographic winch. Two 35 ft surveying motor boats carried. *sister ships: HMS Hecla (A133) HMS Hecate (A137) HMS Hydra (A144) HMS Herald (H138)
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