HMS Wessex

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Wessex
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Westland_Lynx
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Dart_missiles
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 14.6 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built gptkb:Cammell_Laird_shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Type_42_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1965
gptkb:1994
gptkbp:communication_system C3 I system
gptkbp:crew 300 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1994
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:1993
gptkb:1994
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 4,500 tons
gptkbp:engine gptkb:MTU_20_V_956_TB91
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:flag gptkb:White_Ensign
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wessex
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1964
gptkbp:length 132 meters
gptkbp:motto gptkb:In_Omnia_Paratus
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Wessex
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wessex
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Operation_Corporate
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_range 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Shader
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:turbofan_engine
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_965_radar
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:HMS_Bristol
gptkb:starship
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Falklands_War
NATO operations
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Exeter
gptkbp:sonar gptkb:Type_205_sonar
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped in 2000
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Daring
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dunkirk_evacuation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4