HMS Zulu (M 71)

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned 1981
gptkbp:commissioningDate First Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Commander J. A. M. McGowan
gptkbp:communicationEquipment Radio and satellite communications
gptkbp:crew 40
Advanced mine warfare tactics
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001-03-30
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:environment Coastal_waters
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstDeployment Last mission in 2000
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part_of_the_Royal_Navy's_modernization_efforts
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Zulu (M 71)
gptkbp:internationalCooperation Worked_with_NATO_forces
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:legacy Influenced future minehunter designs
gptkbp:length 55 meters
gptkbp:maintenance Regular dry-docking
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto “In the service of peace”
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine clearance
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:publicAccess Participated in local events
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham
gptkbp:retirementYear Age and modernization of fleet
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Surveillance
gptkbp:serviceHistory Served_in_the_Gulf_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Grimsby
gptkbp:supportRole Training for new recruits
gptkbp:technology Sonar_systems
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1978
1980