HMS Bideford (M 29) XXIX

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:built 1979
gptkbp:class gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Portsmouth
1980
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Portsmouth
2001
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_system
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._A._M._McGowan
gptkb:Commander_J._M._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2001
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:HMNB_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (M 29) XXIX
gptkbp:launched 1979
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto “The_Sea_is_Ours”
gptkbp:nickname Biddy
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Retired
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Shader
gptkbp:previousName nan
gptkbp:productionYears 1980-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Twin screw
gptkbp:radar Navigation_radar
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn NATO_operations
gptkbp:serviceYears 21 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Sandown_(M_101)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Scrapped
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Blyth_(M_33)
gptkbp:supportRole Mine warfare training
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter