HMS Quill (M 44)

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
1 x 4-inch gun
gptkbp:builder Lloyds
gptkbp:built gptkb:Lloyds_Shipbuilding_Company
1940
gptkbp:commissionDate 1941-01-10
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1941
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew naval training exercises
minesweeper crew
gptkbp:crewSize 50
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1946
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1946-12-31
gptkbp:design Admiralty design 1,000 tons
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
standard displacement
gptkbp:enginePower 1200 hp
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal scrapped in 1950
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_James_Brown
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:historicalSignificance minesweeping operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Quill (M 44)
gptkbp:launchDate 1940-05-15
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:length 180 feet
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:nickname The_Quill
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_Operation_Neptune
swept_mines_in_the_English_Channel
gptkbp:operationalArea European_waters
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
diesel engine
gptkbp:range 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS_Quill_(M_44)_II
gptkbp:secondaryMission mine clearance
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
served in multiple naval operations.
gptkbp:serviceYears 1941
1946
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Mallow_(M_44)
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper