HMS Kestrel (M 48)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
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:built gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissionDate 1961
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._A._H._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1994
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:hasMember 12
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kestrel (M 48)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Houghton
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto “Courage_and_Vigilance”
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kestrel
gptkbp:notableEvent Decommissioning ceremony
Participated_in_NATO_exercises
Gulf_War_deployment
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine clearance
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Bicester
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1961