HMS Kestrel (M 52)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:accommodation 40 personnel
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
10.0 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissionDate 1954
gptkbp:commissioned 1954
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 1990
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1990
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
3.0 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_and_radar_systems
gptkbp:endurance 10 days
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._A._M._McGowan
Commander_J._W._H._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1990
gptkbp:firstPublished 1980
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kestrel (M 52)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 50.0 meters
gptkbp:maxSpeed 15 knots
gptkbp:motto “Swift and Sure”
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kestrel
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Grapple
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes 2
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 37 years
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations.
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Bittern_(M_70)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)