HMS Skylark (M 66)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 4-inch gun
2 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
gptkbp:beam 33 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned 1944
gptkbp:complement 50 crew members
gptkbp:crew Naval training exercises
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo Operation Overlord
D-Day landings
Operation Dragoon
Operation Neptune
gptkbp:displacement 1,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1958
gptkbp:firstPublished 1950
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Participated in post-war minesweeping operations
Contributed to the safety of shipping lanes
First of her class to be launched
Assisted_in_the_clearance_of_mines_after_WWII
Served_in_the_Royal_Navy_for_3_years
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Skylark (M 66)
gptkbp:launchDate 1943
gptkbp:length 220 feet
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Skylark
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:role Anti-submarine warfare
Patrol
Escort
Minesweeping
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_68)
HMS_Magpie_(M_67)
HMS_Starling_(M_69)
gptkbp:speed 16 knots