HMS Merlin (M 29)

GPTKB entity

Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned 1981
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1981-04-01
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:design Hunt-class
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:enginePower 2,000 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Commander_Jane_Doe
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2000
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:HMNB_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Merlin (M 29)
gptkbp:internationalStudents Participated_in_joint_exercises_with_NATO
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Find
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Merlin
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine clearance
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Surveillance
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)
gptkbp:sonar Type 2093
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Quorn_(M_41)
gptkbp:supportRole Training for new recruits