HMS Quill (M 66)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 20 mm gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissionDate 1954
gptkbp:commissioned 1954
gptkbp:complement 40 crew members
gptkbp:crew Royal_Navy_training_program
gptkbp:crewSize 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHeld 1975
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_naval_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Quill (M 66)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maintainedBy Naval museum exhibits
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:nickname Quill
gptkbp:notableEvent Assisted in mine clearance operations
gptkbp:numberBuilt M 66
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalHistory Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:operationalStatus Retired
gptkbp:participatedIn Search and rescue missions
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy Modern minehunters
gptkbp:secondaryRole Patrol
Mine warfare
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:speed 14 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS_Quill_(M_66)_II
gptkbp:type Mine countermeasures vessel