HMS Starling (M 63)

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
1 x 4-inch gun
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned 1943-06-01
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crewSize 50-70 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1955-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo Operation Overlord
D-Day landings
Operation Dragoon
gptkbp:displacement 800 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer Lieutenant_Commander_A._B._C.
gptkbp:firstPublished 1950-01-01
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Starling (M 63)
gptkbp:launchDate 1943-01-01
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 64.0 meters
gptkbp:nickname Starling
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:radar Type 277 radar
gptkbp:range 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:role Anti-submarine warfare
Minesweeping
Escort_duties
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1955-01-01
gptkbp:sequel Scrapped in 1960.
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:UN_peacekeeping_missions
NATO_operations
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_64)
HMS_Magpie_(M_62)
gptkbp:sonar Type 147 sonar
gptkbp:speed 15 knots