HMS Heron (F 166)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament Exocet missiles
gptkbp:awards gptkb:South_Atlantic_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Leander-class_frigate
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_David_Jones
gptkbp:commissioned 1970
gptkbp:crew 200 personnel
Royal_Navy_personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
1993
Caribbean
humanitarian missions
gptkbp:displacement 3,500 tons
gptkbp:engine Gas turbine
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstPublished 1980
gptkbp:homeGround gptkb:Devonport
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Heron (F 166)
gptkbp:is_designed_to Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:launched 1969
gptkbp:length 113.4 meters
gptkbp:missions drug interdiction
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Heron
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Operation_Corporate
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_area North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operational_status retired
gptkbp:operationalHistory extensive
gptkbp:operationalRange 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalRole anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:participatesIn anti-piracy operations
NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 24 years
gptkbp:propulsion CODOG system
gptkbp:radar Type 993
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Dido (F 104)
gptkbp:retirementYear budget cuts
gptkbp:rival gptkb:HMS_Penelope_(F_126)
gptkbp:sacraments 1994 in Portsmouth
gptkbp:secondary_mission 1994 patrol
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Apollo_(F_462)
gptkbp:sonar Type 205
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Argyll_(F_231)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training ship