HMS Scott (H131)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scott.
HMS Scott is an ocean survey vessel of the Royal Navy, and the only vessel of her class. She is the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name, and the second to be named after the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott. She was ordered to replace the survey ship HMS Hecla.[1]
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HMS Scott at the British Antarctic Territory, 2010 | |
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Name | HMS Scott |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 20 January 1995[1] |
Builder | Appledore Shipbuilders, Bideford (Subcontracted from BAeSEMA) |
Launched | 13 October 1996[1] |
Commissioned | 30 June 1997[1] |
Refit | Major 2013-2014 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Scott-class ocean survey vessel[3] |
Displacement | 13,500 t (13,300 long tons; 14,900 short tons) |
Length | 131.1 m (430 ft) |
Beam | 21.5 m (71 ft) |
Draught | 8.3 m (27 ft) |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 78 |
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