HMS Falcon (M 71)

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10.5 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:built gptkb:Turkey
2002
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1981
gptkbp:completed 1981
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew Mine warfare training
gptkbp:crewSize 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:design British_design
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
400 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.9 meters
gptkbp:enginePower 2,000 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._A._M._McGowan
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._M._McGowan
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2001
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First of her class
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Falcon (M 71)
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:launched Lady McGowan
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto “To_Seek_and_to_Save”
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Exercise Joint Warrior
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine hunting
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:retirementYear 2001
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
Mine sweeping
gptkbp:servedIn NATO_operations
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Quorn_(M_41)
gptkbp:trainingExercises NATO_exercises
gptkbp:type Mine countermeasures vessel