HMS Kittiwake (M 105)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Kittiwake_%28M_105%29
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Vickers_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering
gptkbp:built Barrow-in-Furness
gptkbp:class gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:commissionDate 1991
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:completed 1991
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2017
gptkbp:deployedTo Gulf region
NATO_operations
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 40 personnel
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer Commander_David_W._H._H._Houghton
Lieutenant_Commander_John_W._W._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2016
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kittiwake (M 105)
gptkbp:launchDate 1990
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Houghton
gptkbp:length 55 meters
gptkbp:motto “To_Seek_and_to_Save”
gptkbp:nickname Kitti
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Shader
gptkbp:primaryFunction Surveying
Mine hunting
gptkbp:productionYears 1991-2017
gptkbp:propulsion Water jet propulsion
gptkbp:radar Type 1007 radar
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Counter-piracy operations
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Grimsby_(M_108)
gptkbp:sonar Type 2093 sonar
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:supportRole Training vessel
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter