HMS Kestrel (M 80)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Portsmouth
1981
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1981-04-01
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Portsmouth
2001
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
400 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_and_radar_systems
gptkbp:engine 4 x diesel engines
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._A._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2000
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kestrel (M 80)
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:length 52 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto “To_Seek_and_to_Save”
gptkbp:navalFleet Part_of_the_Royal_Navy's_fleet.
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kestrel
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Quorn
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:sonar Type 2050
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Quorn
gptkbp:type Mine countermeasures vessel