HMS Kestrel (R 06)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Phantom_FG.1
fixed-wing aircraft
Buccaneer S.2
gptkbp:armament Sea Vixen aircraft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1955
gptkbp:crew_size 1,000 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Falklands_War
1970
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
scrapped in 1980
gptkbp:firstMatch gptkb:Centaur-class
gptkbp:firstPublished 1960
gptkbp:historical_significance Cold_War_naval_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kestrel (R 06)
gptkbp:launched 1954
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:missions Operation Grapple
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:British_Home_Fleet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Kestrel
gptkbp:notable_event participated_in_NATO_exercises
visited_by_Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:notable_feature ski-jump ramp
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
multiple theaters
gptkbp:operationalHistory extensive service record
gptkbp:operationalRange global
gptkbp:operationalRole air defense
aircraft carrier
gptkbp:operationalStatus Admiralty
gptkbp:participatesIn joint exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 1970
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:retired 1970
gptkbp:role aircraft_carrier_in_the_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Vietnam_War
training carrier
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkb:HMS_Hermes
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:updates 1970 refit