HMS Violette (M 83)

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Vosper_Thornycroft
gptkbp:built gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned 1981
Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 2007
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_of_Aden
gptkbp:design Tripartite class
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_system
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._M._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2006
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Violette (M 83)
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:launched Mrs._J._A._M._H._Houghton
gptkbp:length 52 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:militaryService White Ensign
gptkbp:navalFleet Served_in_the_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Operation Shader
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine warfare
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Counter-piracy operations
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Fishery_Protection_Squadron
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2007
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance
gptkbp:retired Active service
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:servedIn NATO_operations
gptkbp:serviceYears 26 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Quorn