HMS Rook (M 56)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 20 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissionDate 1954
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:complement 40 crew members
gptkbp:crew Mine warfare training
gptkbp:crewCapacity 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1990
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:enginePower 1200 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1991
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._M._H._H._H._Houghton
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._H._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1990
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstMatch Rook-class
gptkbp:firstPublished 1980
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Rook (M 56)
gptkbp:internationalStudents Participated_in_joint_exercises_with_NATO
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto nan
gptkbp:navalFleet Mine countermeasure vessel
gptkbp:nickname nan
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableFeature Clearing mines post-conflict
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalHistory Served in various conflicts
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:operationalStatus Retired
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1990
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance
gptkbp:retirementYear Age and obsolescence
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
Over 30 years of service
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Bicester
gptkbp:speed 14 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Cattistock