Echosounder bonanza at Seawork
HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short listed to fulfil a similar requirement.Seawork exhibitor Echomaster Marine has been appointed sole UK distributor for the sonars and echosounders manufactured by Japan’s Suzuki Fishfinding Co of Japan as well as for Honda Electronics, which manufactures Hondex echosounders. Echomaster MD Les Smith has been associated with Suzuki products for 25 years. Echomaster is already a Simrad distributor and products from all three companies will be on their stand at Seawork.