HMS Cygnet (M 66)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:activeYears 2001
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Commander_J._A._M._H._Houghton
gptkbp:commissioned 1980
gptkbp:commissioningDate gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:crew_size 30
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
2001
gptkbp:depth 100 meters
gptkbp:displacement 700 tons
600 tons
gptkbp:engine gptkb:MTU_12V_396_TE74
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Cygnet (M 66)
gptkbp:launched 1978
gptkbp:length 55 meters
gptkbp:motto Courage_and_Loyalty
gptkbp:nickname The Cygnet
gptkbp:notable_event Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalHistory Served_in_various_NATO_missions
gptkbp:participatesIn Humanitarian missions
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Blyth_(M_111)
HMS_Cygnet_(M_66)_(previous_ship)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondary_mission Mine clearance operations
Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn 2001
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Sandown_(M_101)
gptkbp:sonar Type 2050
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Quorn_(M_41)
gptkbp:supportRole Mine warfare training
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter