HMS Bideford (F 88)

GPTKB entity

Properties (93)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
Bofors 40 mm gun
Exocet missiles
4.5 inch gun
7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:beam 12.8 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class Type 21 frigate
gptkbp:commissionDate 1980-06-30
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1980-03-14
gptkbp:crew 200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1994-03-31
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994-03-31
gptkbp:displacement 3,500 tons
gptkbp:draft 4.2 meters
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (F 88)
gptkbp:launchDate 1979-05-10
1979-06-30
gptkbp:length 113.4 meters
gptkbp:motto In Omnia Paratus
gptkbp:nickname Biddy
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian missions
Operation Shader
Counter-piracy operations
NATO_exercises
Participated_in_the_Gulf_War
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
Type 1022
gptkbp:servedIn Humanitarian missions
Training exercises
Search and rescue operations
Anti-piracy operations
Counter-narcotics operations
Joint exercises with allies
Port visits
European_operations
NATO_operations
UN_operations
gptkbp:serviceYears 1980-1994
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Ceres_(F_30)
gptkb:HMS_Hound_(F_90)
gptkb:HMS_Coventry
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gptkbp:sonar Type 2050
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Monmouth_(F_235)