HMS Bideford (M 29) LXXIV

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Bideford_%28M_29%29_LXXIV
GPTKB entity
Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:beam 9.1 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class M-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1940
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 50 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:discontinued 1948
gptkbp:displacement 800 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.7 meters
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:British_Fleet
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:honors Bideford,_Devon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (M 29) LXXIV
gptkbp:is_equipped_with sonar
depth charges
gptkbp:is_involved_in anti-submarine warfare
naval warfare
convoy escort missions
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Western_Approaches_Command
gptkbp:is_used_in minesweeping operations
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Cammell_Laird
1939
March 1940
gptkbp:length 62.5 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Bideford
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_area North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:German_U-boats
D-Day landings
Operation Neptune
gptkbp:previousName Bideford,_Devon
gptkbp:range 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:role minesweeping
gptkbp:sells 1947
gptkbp:servedIn 1946
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(M_29)_LXXIV
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:was_marked_by diesel engines