Leaving Portsmouth harbour. 11-8-2010
HMS Scott
Operator: Royal Navy Ordered: 20 January 1995 Builder: Appledore Shipbuilders
Launched: 13 October 1996 Commissioned: 30 June 1997 Homeport: HMNB Devonport, Plymouth Identification: Pennant number: H131 International Callsign: GCUP
General characteristics Class and type: Scott-class Ocean Survey
Vessel Displacement: 13,500 tons full 2 × Krupp MaK 9M32 9-cylinder diesel engines Single shaft with controllable pitch propeller
Retractable bow thruster load Length: 131.1 m (430 ft) Beam: 21.5 m (71 ft) Draught: 8.3 m (27 ft)
Propulsion: Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h) Complement: 63
(42 onboard at any time).
HMS Scott is an Ocean Survey Vessel (OSV) of the Royal Navy, and the only vessel of her class. She is the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name, and the second to be named after the Antarctic explorer, Robert Falcon Scott.