HMS Ceres (M 109)

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissionDate 1985
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:contact M 109
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:design Designed for mine countermeasures
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_and_radar_systems
gptkbp:environment Coastal_waters
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 2005
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Commander_Jane_Doe
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2000
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:HMNB_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Ceres (M 109)
gptkbp:launchDate 1984
gptkbp:legacy Contributed to mine warfare tactics.
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:navalFleet Royal_Navy_fleet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Ceres
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Operation Shader
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus Retired
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 1985-2001
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Blyth_(M_111)
gptkbp:retirementYear Age and obsolescence
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Training exercises
gptkbp:services gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:significantEvent Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Quorn_(M_41)
gptkbp:supportRole Mine warfare training
gptkbp:technology Advanced sonar technology