HMS Bideford (F 127)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missile_system
20 mm Oerlikon cannons
4.5 inch gun
gptkbp:beam 12.2 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Rothesay-class frigate
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:complement 200 crew members
gptkbp:crew Royal_Navy_training_exercises
gptkbp:decommissioned 1991
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:displacement 3,500 tons
gptkbp:draft 4.1 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Communication systems
Radar_systems
Sonar_systems
gptkbp:engine Turbine_engines
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1994
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (F 127)
gptkbp:launched 1960
gptkbp:length 113.4 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 113.4 meters
gptkbp:nickname Bideford,_Devon
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_David_Jones
gptkb:Captain_Richard_Brown
gptkbp:notableOperations Humanitarian missions
Anti-piracy operations
Search and rescue missions
Counter-narcotics operations
Fishery protection patrols
gptkbp:operates gptkb:British_Atlantic_Fleet
gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkbp:operationalRange 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:propulsion 2 shafts
gptkbp:replacedBy Type 22 frigate
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Blake
gptkb:HMS_Rothesay
HMS Dido
gptkbp:speed 30 knots