HMS Wessex (M 104)

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1981
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 3.5 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems gptkb:Combat_Management_System
gptkbp:enginePower 2,000 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._A._H._Houghton
gptkb:Commander_J._M._H._Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2001
gptkbp:firstPublished No
gptkbp:height 6.5 meters
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wessex (M 104)
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Wessex
gptkbp:length 52 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 52.5 meters
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:navalFleet Royal_Navy_fleet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wessex
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Shader
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:secondaryRole Patrol vessel
Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:services 20 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)
gptkbp:sonar Type 2050
gptkbp:soundtrack Type 2050 sonar
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Grimsby_(M_109)
gptkbp:surveillanceEquipment Type 1007