HMS Snipe (M 45)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 40 mm Bofors gun
2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkb:Long_Service_and_Good_Conduct_Medal
gptkb:South_Atlantic_Medal
gptkbp:beam 30 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Ton-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned 1953
gptkbp:complement 50 crew members
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970
1970 in Portsmouth
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 9 feet
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_C._D._Brown
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_A._B._Jones
gptkbp:firstPublished 1965
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Snipe (M 45)
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Royal_Navy_badge
gptkbp:launched 1952
gptkbp:length 180 feet
gptkbp:maxRange 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto “We Seek and Destroy”
gptkbp:nickname Snipe
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operatingHours ECM suite
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Falklands_War
Operation Black Buck
Operation Grapple
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:radar Type 293 radar
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS_Snipe_(M_45)_II
gptkbp:role Minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:services 1953
1970
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Snipe_(M_44)
gptkbp:sonar Type 174 sonar
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS_Snipe_(M_45)_II
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training vessel