HMS Kestrel (M 71)

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissionDate 1961
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:enginePower 1200 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1994
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstPublished No
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kestrel (M 71)
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Kestrel_bird_emblem
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto Swift_and_Sure
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kestrel
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Humanitarian missions
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_70)
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:serviceYears 33 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cormorant_(M_70)
gptkbp:sonar Type 2050
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training vessel
gptkbp:trainingExercises Joint Warrior