HMS Heron (M 61)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Heron_%28M_61%29

GPTKB entity

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament	2 x 20 mm guns 1 x 40 mm gun
gptkbp:beam	10 meters
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class	Ton-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned	1955
gptkbp:complement	40 crew members
gptkbp:decommissioned	1980
gptkbp:deployedTo	gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:Caribbean_Sea gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:displacement	600 tons
gptkbp:draft	3 meters
gptkbp:fate	Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort	gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	HMS Heron (M 61)
gptkbp:length	50 meters
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Heron
gptkbp:notableEvent	Conducted search and rescue operations Participated in anti-piracy operations Assisted in fishery protection Participated_in_NATO_exercises Served_in_the_Persian_Gulf
gptkbp:operationalArea	Global waters European_waters
gptkbp:predecessor	HMS_Waveney_(M_60)
gptkbp:role	Minesweeping
gptkbp:services	1955 1980
gptkbp:sisterShip	gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_94) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_100) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_68) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_84) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_78) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_90) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_82) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_72) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_64) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_92) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_89) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_86) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_62) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_73) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_88) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_79) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_87) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_69) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_85) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_66) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_96) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_80) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_76) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_65) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_67) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_75) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_74) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_71) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_97) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_83) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_93) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_98) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_91) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_95) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_77) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_70) gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_81) HMS Bideford (M 99) HMS_Brixham_(M_63)
gptkbp:speed	14 knots
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)