HMS Kite (M 64)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Kite_%28M_64%29
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 × 4-inch gun
2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:beam 30 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned 1940
gptkbp:crew 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployedTo D-Day landings
gptkbp:died gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_65)
HMS_Magpie_(M_63)
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 9 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Naval warfare tactics
Minesweeping operations
Royal_Navy_history
British_naval_engineering
World_War_II_naval_history
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kite (M 64)
gptkbp:launchDate 1940
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 180 ft
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Neptune
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_65)
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkb:Eastern_Fleet
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_65)
HMS_Magpie_(M_63)
gptkbp:speed 16 knots