HMS Echo (H23)
Profile of an E-class destroyer
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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.
The E-class ships were slightly improved versions of the preceding D class. They displaced 1,405 long tons (1,428 t) at standard load and 1,940 long tons (1,970 t) at deep load. The ships had an overall length of 329 feet (100.3 m), a beam of 33 feet 3 inches (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph). Echo carried a maximum of 470 long tons (480 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 6,350 nautical miles (11,760 km; 7,310 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ships' complement was 145 officers and ratings.
The ships mounted four 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, they had two quadruple Mark I mounts for the 0.5 inch Vickers Mark III machine gun. The E class was fitted with two above-water quadruple torpedo tube mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes. One depth charge rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.
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