HMS Echo
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A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Echo, after the Echo of Greek mythology. * was a 24-gun sixth rate captured from France in 1758 and sold in 1770. * was the French Cerf-class brig-rigged cutter Hussard, of eighteen 6-pounder guns, launched in 1779 or '80 and captured on 7 July 1780. * was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1782 and broken up in 1797. * was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1797 and sold in 1809. She then became a whaler before she was wrecked in 1821. * was an 18-gun launched in 1809 and broken up in 1817. * was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1827, converted to a tugboat in 1830, and sold in 1885. * was an E-class destroyer launched in 1934 and on loan to the Greek Navy from 1944 to 1956, then broken up. * was an survey vessel launched in 1957 and sold in 1986. * is an hydrographic survey ship, launched in 2002 and decommissioned in June 2022.
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Echo, after the Echo of Greek mythology. was a 24-gun sixth rate captured from France in 1758 and sold in 1770. was the French Cerf-class brig-rigged cutter Hussard, of eighteen 6-pounder guns, launched in 1779 or '80 and captured on 7 July 1780. was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1782 and broken up in 1797. was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1797 and sold in 1809. She then became a whaler before she was wrecked in 1821. was an 18-gun launched in 1809 and broken up in 1817. was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1827, converted to a tugboat in 1830, and sold in 1885. was an E-class destroyer launched in 1934 and on loan to the Greek Navy from 1944 to 1956, then broken up. was an survey vessel launched in 1957 and sold in 1986. is an hydrographic survey ship, launched in 2002 and decommissioned in June 2022.
Battle honours
Ships named Echo have earned the following battle honours: Quebec 1759 Martinique 1762 Havana 1762 Cape of Good Hope 1795 Atlantic 1939 Norway 1940 Bismarck 1941 Arctic 1941-43 Malta Convoys 1942 Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Aegean 1943
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