HMS Bideford (M 29) LXVIII

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 20 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
Birkenhead
gptkbp:class Ton-class
gptkbp:commissionDate 1954
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
800 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1995
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._H._Houghton
gptkb:Commander_R._J._H._Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1993
1994
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (M 29) LXVIII
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Royal_Navy_badge
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto To Seek and To Save
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Royal_Navy_Fleet
gptkbp:nickname Biddy
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Shader
gptkbp:previousName nan
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1994
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Grimsby
gptkbp:secondaryRole Patrol vessel
Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_29)_LXVII
gptkbp:sonar Type 2020
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter