HMS Swallow (M 65)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament Machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
1961
Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1961
gptkbp:crewSize 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Falkland_Islands
Operation Shader
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_systems
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:MTU_engines
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1995
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._H._Houghton
gptkb:Commander_J._M._H._Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1962
1993
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:HMNB_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Swallow (M 65)
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Houghton
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:nickname Swallow
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Anti-mine warfare
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_65)
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine clearance
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham_(M_112)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Patrol duties
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cygnet_(M_66)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Scrapped
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Grimsby_(M_109)