HMS Herald (H138)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | Robb Caledon, Leith. Completed refit 1988 with a strengthened and extended flight deck for Lynx helicopter. |
| Commissioned: | 1974 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 May 2001 |
| Fate: | |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Standard:2,000 tons Full Load:2,945 tons |
| Length: | 79 m |
| Beam: | 15.4 m |
| Draught: | 4.9 m |
| Propulsion: | Diesel electric drive, 3 × Paxman 12 YJCZ diesels producing 2434hp, 1 electric motor producing 2000shp driving a single shaft. |
| Speed: | Max:14 knots Cruise:11 knots |
| Range: | 12,000 miles at 11 knots |
| Complement: | Officers:12 Crew:116 |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft: | Helideck for 1 Westland Lynx HAS 2/3 |
| Motto: | |
HMS Herald was the last A-class ocean survey ship in Service with the RN, and is a veteran of both the Falklands War and Gulf War. Herald been replaced by two new survey vessels, HMS Echo (H87) and Enterprise (H88). Herald was paid off on 12 April 2001 and decommissioned on 31 May 2001. Herald was built by Robb Caledon Shipbuilders in Leith, Scotland.
In December 2000, Herald answered a Mayday call and took part in a joint operation with the RAF to rescue the crew of the Cypriot ferry Royal Prince. The 35-metre ship sank in rough seas but the crew were plucked to safety and taken to HMS Herald by an RAF helicopter from Akrotiri.
[edit] Specification
- Displacement: 2,000 (Full load: 2,945 tons)
- Length:79 m
- Beam:15.4 m
- Draught:4.9 m
- Sensors:
- Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 radar
- Hydroplot Satellite navigation system
- computerised data logging
- gravimeter
- magnetometers,
- sonars
- echo-sounders
- Other:
- Passive stabilisation tank (stabilisation device)
- Bow thruster
- Oceanographic winch
- Two 35 ft surveying motor boats
[edit] See also
- HMS Herald for other ships of the same name
| Hecla class survey ship |
| Hecla | Hecate | Hydra | Herald |
List of survey vessels of the Royal Navy |
