HMS Swallow (F 155)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
20 mm cannon
4.5 inch gun
gptkbp:beam 12.8 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Frigate
gptkbp:commissionDate 1961
gptkbp:complement 200 crew members
gptkbp:decommissioned 1991
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1991
gptkbp:displacement 3,500 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1990
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Swallow (F 155)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:length 113 meters
gptkbp:nickname Swallow
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian missions
Counter-piracy operations
Participated_in_NATO_exercises
Joint_exercises_with_US_Navy
Rescue_operations_during_the_Falklands_War
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cormorant_(F_158)
gptkb:HMS_Kite_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Osprey_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Cygnet_(F_157)
gptkb:HMS_Merlin_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Zinnia_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Sparrow_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Goshawk_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Rook_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Puffin_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Wren_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Falcon_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Tern_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Alacrity_(F_174)
gptkb:HMS_Yarrow_(F_155)
gptkb:HMS_Quail_(F_155)
HMS_Eagle_(F_155)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Montrose (F 236)
gptkbp:type Anti-submarine warfare vessel