HMS Wessex (M 120)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:beam 10.5 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Jane_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:commissioned 1982
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1982-04-01
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:countermeasures Mine countermeasures operations
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
2001-03-31
gptkbp:defeated No
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
2001
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:draft 3.2 meters
gptkbp:engine 2 x MTU 12V 396 TE74
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
Scrapped in 2004
gptkbp:firstPublished No
gptkbp:homeGround gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Base
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wessex (M 120)
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Royal_Navy_badge
gptkbp:launched 1980
gptkbp:length 55 meters
gptkbp:maximum_speed 15 knots
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:name gptkb:Wessex
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wessex_Warrior
gptkbp:notableOperations NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalHistory 1982-2001
gptkbp:participatesIn Operation Shader
gptkbp:primaryFunction Mine warfare
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Blyth
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondary_mission Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
2001
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Sandown
gptkbp:sonar Type 2050
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Grimsby
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter