HMS Scott: United Kingdom Ocean Survey Ship

摘要

Minimizing the cost per survey mile while ensuring that survey products meet required standards is a prime consideration when evaluating oceanographic surveying systems. This was one of the prime factors that led to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense Procurement Executive (UK MOD PE) selection of a U.S. Navy-designed ocean survey system to be installed aboard a new construction ship. The 13,500-ton HMS Scott was designed and built specifically to accommodate the U.S. survey system and is considered the UK's premier survey ship. The mission of HMS Scott is to gather, process, and record time-correlated bathymetric, gravity, magnetic, and other oceanographic data as a function of latitude and longitude. Since its deployment in early 1998, HMS Scott has successfully conducted highly accurate bathymetric surveys at an average sustained speed of 12 knots in ocean depths ranging from 50 fathoms to approximately 2500 fathoms in various types of terrain, from flat to very high relief.