HMS Enterprise (H88)

	HMS Enterprise in 2019.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Enterprise
Ordered	19 June 2000
Builder	Appledore Shipbuilders
Launched	2 May 2002
Sponsored by	Lady Sally Forbes
Commissioned	17 October 2003
Decommissioned	30 March 2023
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification	Pennant number: H88; International callsign: GXUH; IMO number: 9234020; MMSI number: 232691000;
Motto	Latin: spes aspera levat; ("hope lightens difficulties");
Nickname(s)	Starship
Status	Decommissioned
Badge	On a Field Red, a lion rampant under a star Silver; ;
General characteristics
Class and type	Echo-class survey vessel
Displacement	3,740 t (3,680 long tons; 4,120 short tons)
Length	90.6 m (297 ft 3 in)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 4.8 MW (6,400 hp) as 3 × diesel generators; 2 × 1.7 MW (2,300 hp) azimuth thrusters; 1 × 0.4 MW (540 hp) bow thruster;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	9,300 nmi (17,200 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance	35 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	Survey motor boat
Complement	72
Sensors and ; processing systems	Integrated survey system
Armament	2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons; 3 × miniguns; 4 × general purpose machine guns;

HMS Enterprise, the tenth ship to bear this name, was a multi-role survey vessel - hydrographic oceanographic (SVHO) of the Royal Navy along with HMS Echo that made up the Echo class of survey vessels.

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