HMS Kestrel (M 29)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Kestrel_%28M_29%29
GPTKB entity
Properties (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class Mine countermeasures vessel
gptkbp:commissionDate 1961
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:enginePower 2000 hp
gptkbp:famousFor Mine countermeasures.
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 30
gptkbp:finaleDate Middle_East.
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkb:Captain_Robert_White
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1994
1994.
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kestrel (M 29)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:navalFleet Served_in_the_Royal_Navy_for_33_years.
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Granby.
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes 2
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS_Kestrel_(M_29)_(2010)
gptkbp:secondaryMission Successful.
Humanitarian assistance.
Mine clearance operations
1994.
gptkbp:secondaryRole Patrol
Mine warfare
gptkbp:significantEvent 1990 refit
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Alacrity
gptkbp:sonar Type 2020
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS_Kestrel_(M_29)_(2010)