HMS Bideford (M 52)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:built gptkb:Belfast
gptkbp:class Ton-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1955
gptkbp:crewSize 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1994-01-01
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._H._Houghton
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._M._H._Smith
gptkb:J._M._H._Smith
Lieutenant Commander
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1993
1993-12-01
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:firstPublished nan
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Royal_Naval_Base_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (M 52)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:nickname Biddy
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_Operation_Granby
gptkbp:operatedBy 1994
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Persian_Gulf
Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:primaryMission 1955-01-01
gptkbp:productionYears 1955-1994
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Grimsby
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine_clearance_in_the_Persian_Gulf
gptkbp:secondaryRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
Various commands
gptkbp:services gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Bicester
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter