HMS Bideford (M 29) XLIV

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:built 1979
gptkbp:class gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._M._H._Houghton
gptkb:Commander_J._R._H._Smith
gptkbp:commissioned 1980
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
2001
Operation Shader
gptkbp:displacement 700 tons
600 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:electronic_warfare S1850M radar
gptkbp:engine gptkb:MTU_12V_396_TE74
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
Scrapped in 2005
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (M 29) XLIV
gptkbp:is_known_for Mine countermeasure operations
gptkbp:launched 1979
gptkbp:length 56 meters
gptkbp:navalFleet White Ensign
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Bideford
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalHistory Active from 1980 to 2001
gptkbp:operationalRange 1,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn Humanitarian missions
NATO_exercises
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Blyth_(M_10)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Grimsby_(M_29)
gptkbp:sonar Type 2050 sonar
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Blyth_(M_10)
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:vesselType 12