HMS Wessex (M 147)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:activeYears 1994
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel
gptkbp:commissioned 1980
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:crew_size 40-50 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
1994
gptkbp:depth 100 meters
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
Standard displacement
gptkbp:engineType Diesel-electric
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
Scrapped in 2005
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wessex (M 147)
gptkbp:is_designed_to gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:launched 1979
gptkbp:length 56.5 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wessex
gptkbp:notable_event Participated_in_NATO_exercises.
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_area North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operational_status Retired
gptkbp:operationalHistory 1980-1994
gptkbp:operationalRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:produces Commander
gptkbp:productionYears 1994
gptkbp:productLine Lieutenant Commander
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:releaseYear 1994
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance
gptkbp:retirementYear 1994
gptkbp:role Patrol vessel
Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondary_mission Mine_clearance_in_the_North_Sea.
gptkbp:servedIn 1994
NATO_operations
gptkbp:serviceYears 1994
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:sonar Type 2050
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Brocklesby
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter