HMS Falcon (M 29)

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 30 mm gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10.5 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._M._H._Smith
gptkb:Commander_R._J._Smith
gptkbp:commissioned 1980
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
2001
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.9 meters
gptkbp:engine gptkb:MTU_12V_396_TE74
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
Scrapped in 2003
gptkbp:firstPublished nan
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo North_Atlantic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Falcon (M 29)
gptkbp:launched 1979
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maximum_speed 15 knots
gptkbp:militaryRank Participated_in_joint_exercises_with_NATO
gptkbp:missions Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalHistory Served_in_various_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Blyth
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondary_mission Surveillance
Mine hunting
Mine_clearance_in_the_North_Sea
gptkbp:services 2001
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Sandown
gptkbp:sonar Type 2050
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:training Crew training for mine warfare
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter