HMS Cormorant (M 71)

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:acquisition gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:commissioningDate Royal_Navy_personnel
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal Royal_Navy_personnel
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._M._H._H._H._Houghton
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._H._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1993
1993-1994
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:hasLegalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Cormorant (M 71)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Fishery_Protection_Squadron
gptkbp:nickname Cormorant
gptkbp:notableEvent Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:operatesIn European_waters
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Counter-mine operations
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:primaryFunction Mine hunting
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:serviceYears 34 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Chiddingfold_(M_37)
gptkbp:sonar Type 2020
gptkbp:speed 14 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance (M 107)