HMS Heather (M 37)

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 meters
gptkbp:builder HMSO
gptkbp:built Yard number 1234
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned 1981
gptkbp:commissioningDate First Commanding Officer: Lt. Cdr. J. A. H. Smith
gptkbp:crew 40
Mixed gender crew
Royal_Navy_training_exercises
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
Operation Shader
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems gptkb:Combat_Management_System
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:environmentalImpact Minimal during service.
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 2005
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lt._Cdr._J._A._H._Smith
gptkb:Cdr._R._J._H._Smith
Cdr._M._J._H._Jones
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1982
2000
gptkbp:firstHeld 1995
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part_of_the_Royal_Navy's_modernization.
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Heather (M 37)
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:legacy Influenced future minehunter designs.
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
Middle_East
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine hunting
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion 2 x Diesel engines
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:safetyFeatures No major incidents reported.
gptkbp:secondaryMission Surveillance
gptkbp:serviceYears 20 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:sonar Type 2093
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance
gptkbp:trainingExercises Joint_exercises_with_NATO