HMS Falcon (M 127)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:beam 10.5 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1981
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew Mixed gender crew
Mine warfare tactics
gptkbp:crewSize 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
gptkbp:draft 3.2 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_system
gptkbp:enginePower 2,000 hp
gptkbp:environmentalImpact Pollution control
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_David_Jones
gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_Richard_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2001
gptkbp:firstHeld 1999
gptkbp:firstMatch gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First of her class
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo Royal_Navy_base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Falcon (M 127)
gptkbp:internationalCooperation NATO_operations
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:length 52 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 52.5 meters
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:navalFleet Mine countermeasure vessel
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Falcon
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Shader
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalHistory Served_in_various_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalStatus Retired
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 106)
gptkbp:retirementYear Budget cuts
gptkbp:secondaryRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Quorn_(M_41)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training
gptkbp:survivability Low radar cross-section