HMS Waveney (M 125)

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
1 x 20 mm Oerlikon cannon
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Hawthorn_Leslie_and_Company
gptkbp:built gptkb:Newcastle_upon_Tyne
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1961
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Waveney_River
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
NATO_exercises
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._H._Smith
gptkb:Commander_R._J._H._Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1994
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_era_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Waveney (M 125)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Waveney
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto In_the_Wake_of_the_Waveney
gptkbp:nickname The Wavy One
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine warfare
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion Screw propulsion
gptkbp:radar Type 1007 radar
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham_(M_112)
Modern minehunters
gptkbp:retirementYear 1994
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Falklands_War
Various_Royal_Navy_commands
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Waveney_(M_125)_class
gptkbp:sonar Type 2020 sonar
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Grimsby_(M_109)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training exercises