HMS Orchid (M 87)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament Gun
1 x 20 mm Oerlikon gun
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Lloyds_Register_of_Shipping
gptkbp:built 1954
gptkbp:class Ton-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1955
gptkbp:complement 40 crew members
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Lloyds_Register_of_Shipping
gptkbp:crewCapacity 40
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1980
gptkbp:deployedTo Various operations
gptkbp:displacement 300 tons
250 tons
350 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:enginePower 1200 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1981
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1981.
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1979
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Orchid (M 87)
gptkbp:launched 1954
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto nan
gptkbp:nickname nan
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises.
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Grapple
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Retired
gptkbp:previousName nan
gptkbp:productionYears 1955-1980
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:radar Type 293
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:secondaryRole Patrol
Minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:services 1955
1980
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Cuckoo_(M_88)
gptkbp:sonar Type 174
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Scrapped
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minesweeper