HMS Quail (M 85)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 20 mm Oerlikon cannon
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:Lloyds_Register_of_Shipping
gptkbp:built Shipyard_in_the_UK
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
Admiralty
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:crewCapacity 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:designedBy Royal Corps of Naval Constructors
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
Standard displacement
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_and_radar_systems
gptkbp:engineType 4-stroke diesel engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal Scrapped in 1981
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Quail (M 85)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 50 meters
gptkbp:maxSpeed 15 knots
gptkbp:nickname The_Quail
gptkbp:notableOperations Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:predecessor HMS_Magpie_(M_44)
gptkbp:primaryMission 1954
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
Diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1980
gptkbp:secondaryRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cormorant_(M_87)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Quorn_(M_41)