HMS Swallow (M 56)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1961-04-01
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
400 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_and_radar_systems
gptkbp:enginePower 2000 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 30 personnel
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkb:Commander_Sarah_Jones
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1993
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Swallow (M 56)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:nickname Swallow
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Shader
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Fishery_Protection_Squadron
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine hunting
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham_(M_112)
gptkbp:retirementYear Age and obsolescence
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Surveillance
Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Waveney_(M_55)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training exercises