HMS Swallow (M 29)

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament Machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1961-04-01
gptkbp:completed 1961
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1995
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1993
1993-1994
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:firstPublished 1980
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Mine warfare development
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Swallow (M 29)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Smith
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto Swift_and_Sure
gptkbp:nickname Swallow
gptkbp:notableEvent Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine countermeasures operations
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:primaryFunction Surveying
Mine hunting
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham_(M_112)
gptkbp:retired Active service
gptkbp:retirementYear Age and obsolescence
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Waveney_(M_30)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance (M 106)
gptkbp:trainingExercises Joint Warrior
gptkbp:usedFor Training missions