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HMS Echo

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.

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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.

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