HMS Cormorant (M 56)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament Machine guns
Naval guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built Steel hull
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 50 personnel
Naval cadets
gptkbp:decommissioned 1980
1980-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:design British_design
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
Standard displacement
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1980
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer Lieutenant Commander
Commander
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_naval_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Cormorant (M 56)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:legacy Part_of_Royal_Navy_history
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:nickname Cormorant
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine countermeasure vessel
gptkbp:operationalStatus Retired
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine warfare
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:range 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy Modern minehunters
gptkbp:retirementYear Obsolescence
gptkbp:secondaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:servedIn Royal_Navy_fleet
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
Active service from 1954 to 1980
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cormorant_(M_57)
gptkbp:sonar Type 162
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS_Cormorant_(M_56)_(later_ship)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training vessel