RN Survey Vessels: HMS Scott 1997

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Well Keith it certainly proved its worth don't you think :?:
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The Royal Navy's sole ship for deep ocean survey work has started her latest mission - to survey the North Atlantic and collect vital data.
HMS Scott left Falmouth earlier this month after a busy maintenance period and her 87-strong ship's company is now getting to grips with their latest deployment.
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Royal Navy’s ocean survey vessel HMS Scott extended in service


With no replacement in sight, the MoD has confirmed that HMS Scott will remain in service slightly longer than planned and is now scheduled to be withdrawn next year instead of in 2022.

An official statement to Navy Lookout said: “The Ministry of Defence keeps the out of service dates for all equipment under regular and routine review. Current plans will see HMS Scott retired from service in 2023.”

In October 2017 ministers said that HMS Scott would be decommissioned in 2022 on completion of her intended 25 year-life. There is no plan to directly replace her, at least with another naval vessel. Navy Command stated in October 2019 that “Work is underway to understand current and future requirements and how they will be delivered after HMS Scott leaves service”.

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Great Scott – survey ship breaks record on epic deployment

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 kilometres 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 after the ill-fated Antarctic explorer – left home in June last year, since when she’s clocked up more than 43,000 miles, nearly enough to take her twice around the world… although the ship hasn’t strayed beyond the Atlantic.

She’s been gathering environmental data from the depths of the North Atlantic, using her unique multi-beam sonar-array to gather information in higher resolution than has ever been obtained in these waters before.

The ship adopted the Navy’s widening ‘forward deployment’ model to extend her stint at sea – conducting maintenance in overseas ports to save her returning to the UK, rotating a portion of her 60-strong crew every few weeks to keep personnel fresh, which proved no mean feat in the midst of the pandemic – and maximise the survey effort.

Keeping a 25-year-old ship running round-the-clock has placed demands on those responsible for maintaining the machinery and sensors.

“Over this deployment the marine engineering department has faced many challenges that we have needed to overcome in order to maintain power to command. The determination from the engineering team has been nothing short of exemplary,” said Leading Engineering Technician Ben Stevenson.

Scott’s hydrographic specialists have worked equally diligently to monitor, analyse the data collected and help to understand the nature of the water column.
All of which earned the ship the 2021 Hydrographic and Meteorological and Surface Flotilla Excellence Award and Pennant.

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Survey ship HMS Scott prepares for second record breaking mission in a row


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 her 25-year career.

Once trials and training are complete, the Plymouth-based vessel – unique in the Royal Navy for her ability to accurately survey vast expanses of ocean to great depths ¬– will head out into the North Atlantic.

While deployed, her crew intend to spend over 200 days at sea, surveying half a million square kilometres of ocean and seabed (that’s roughly the size of Spain)… beating the record she set on her 2021-22 survey ‘season’.

The ship has been in dock in Cornwall since she completed that mission back in March – her most successful/prolific since she was commissioned in 1997.

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The Royal Navy’s ocean survey vessel HMS Scott life extended until 2033
HMS Scott will now serve in the Royal Navy for a decade longer than originally planned.

Originally scheduled to be withdrawn in 2022 as she reached the end of her intended 25-year lifespan, Scott had been listed for sale by the MoD Defence Equipment Sales Authority. Last year she was given a 12-month extension in service while the RN considered the replacement options and it has now been decided to run the ship for another 10 years.
See - https://www.navylookout.com/the-royal-n ... ntil-2033/
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Thousands see HMS Scott at New York’s biggest maritime festival

Britain’s biggest survey ship has left the Big Apple after entertaining – and enlightening – thousands of New Yorkers.
HMS Scott represented the Navy and nation at New York’s Fleet Week – an annual event celebrating and commemorating the service and sacrifice of personnel from the US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.
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