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Almost ready to begin a record-breaking 14-month mission which will keep her at sea until the end of next year is veteran survey ship HMS Scott. The fifth largest surface ship under the White Ensign (only aircraft carriers and assault ships are bigger) has completed a three-month £7.5m revamp in Falmouth to prepare her for the most demanding deployment in…
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Veteran survey ship HMS Scott has returned to Plymouth after a record-breaking nine-month stint in the Atlantic. The ship has hoovered up information spanning 400,000 square kilometers of ocean – that’s larger than Japan, Germany or Norway – the most ever collected in a 12-month period by the ship since she joined the Fleet back in 1997. Scott – named…
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Veteran survey ship HMS Scott, now on the sales list, is on for a record-breaking 2021 after mapping an area of the Atlantic seabed bigger than Britain. The Devonport-based ship – the largest vessel in the Royal Navy’s hydrographic flotilla – has been away from home in the mid-Atlantic since June. Scott is unique in the Royal Navy as a…
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June 17, 2021 – HMS Scott has started her latest mission – to survey the North Atlantic and collect vital data. The only ship in her class, Scott left the UK following a maintenance period in Falmouth and rigorous training off the south coast. Her primary task is surveying the deep oceans, collecting bathymetric and data for submarine navigation information…
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April 10, 2020 – THIS is what the Royal Navy’s largest survey ship looks like high and dry. Just ten days after returning from an Atlantic deployment – during which she spent three months continuously at sea without putting into harbor – HMS Scott has begun a revamp in Falmouth. The 13,500-tonne vessel is used to hoover up information from…
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