HMS Bideford (M 67)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissionDate 1961
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:countermeasures Mine sweeping gear
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:design Ton-class
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar
gptkbp:enginePower 2,000 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._M._H._Houghton
gptkb:Commander_J._A._H._Houghton
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1994
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First of her class
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:HMNB_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (M 67)
gptkbp:launchDate 1960
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Bideford
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:nickname Biddy
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Shader
gptkbp:productionYears 1961-1994
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar Type 1007
gptkbp:range 1,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham_(M_112)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Atherstone_(M_38)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Grimsby_(M_109)
gptkbp:type Coastal minehunter