HMS Bideford (M 55)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1981
gptkbp:communicationEquipment Link 11
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40
Advanced mine warfare training.
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
2001-03-30
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Richard_Green
gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Commander_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1982
2000
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 55)
gptkbp:internationalStudents NATO_operations
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises.
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Shader
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
Decommissioned
gptkbp:previousName nan
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine clearance
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Water jet propulsion
gptkbp:radar Type 1007 radar
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations.
gptkbp:serviceYears 2001
21 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Grimsby_(M_109)
gptkbp:sonar Type 2093 sonar
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Blyth_(M_10)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training vessel
gptkbp:surveillanceEquipment gptkb:Sea_Eagle_missile_system
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter