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A number of ships Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Echo'', after the Echo of Greek mythology. * was a 24-gun sixth-rate captured from the French 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 at Saint Malo.〔Demerliac (1996), p.88, #581.〕 , under the command of Sir James Wallace, captured her on 7 July 1780; in February 1781 a gust of wind in Deadman's Bay, near Plymouth, caused her to wreck.〔〔Hepper (11994), p.61.〕 * 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. * was an 18-gun ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop 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 as ''Navarinon'' from 1944 to 1956, then broken up. * was an ''Echo''-class survey vessel launched in 1957 and sold in 1986. * is an ''Echo''-class hydrographic survey ship, launched in 2002 and on active service as of 2014. ==Other ships== In addition to these ships, a number of vessels have been taken up from trade and named ''Echo'' while in government service: *''Echo'' was a dockyard tank vessel previously named ''Luda''. She was purchased in 1887 and sold in 1928. *''Echo'' was a whaler, previously named ''Barrowby''. She was purchased in 1915 and sold in 1919. *''Echo'' was a trawler, hired between 1915 and 1919. *''Echo'' was a drifter, formerly a French minesweeper seized in 1940, renamed ''Resound'' later that year, and returned in 1946. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Echo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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