HMS Echo (H23)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Echo.
HMS Echo was an E-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean theatres during World War II, before being transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1944, and renamed Navarinon, until scrapped in 1956.[1]
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Echo |
Namesake | Echo |
Ordered | 1 November 1932 |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
Cost | £247,009 |
Laid down | 20 March 1933 |
Launched | 16 February 1934 |
Completed | 22 October 1934 |
Identification | Pennant number: H23 |
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Fate | Transferred to Greece, 5 April 1944 |
Badge | On a Field Party per pale Green and Blue, two horns counterchanged Gold and Silver. |
Greece | |
Name | Navarinon (Greek: Ναυαρίνον) |
Acquired | 5 April 1944 |
Fate | Returned to the Royal Navy, 8 March 1956, and sold for scrapping. |
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Class and type | E-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 329 ft (100.3 m) o/a |
Beam | 33 ft 3 in (10.13 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines |
Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
Range | 6,350 nmi (11,760 km; 7,310 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 145 |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
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