HMS Swift (M 46)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:commissioningDate First Commanding Officer: Lt. Cdr. J. A. H. Smith
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
1994-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
Standard displacement
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer Cdr._M._J._H._Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1993
1993-1994
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:firstPublished 1961-01-01
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Swift (M 46)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:nickname Swift
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Counter-mine operations
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:primaryFunction Mine hunting
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion Single screw
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:services 33 years of service
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Bicester
gptkbp:sonar Type 2020
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Scrapped
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance