HMS Wessex (M 50)

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 20 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1960
Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1961
gptkbp:communicationEquipment Radio equipment
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_system
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._M._H._Houghton
gptkb:Commander_J._A._H._Houghton
Captain_R._J._H._Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1993
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstPublished 1980
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wessex (M 50)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Wessex
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:navalFleet Mine countermeasures fleet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wessex
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableFeature Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine warfare
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:participatedIn Humanitarian missions
gptkbp:productionYears 33 years
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:radar Navigation_radar
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Quorn
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
Various commands
gptkbp:servingTemperature gptkb:Royal_Navy_Fleet
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:type Mine countermeasures vessel