HMS Bideford (M 78)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:acquisition Royal_Navy_in_1980
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:class gptkb:Sandown-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1982
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
Counter-terrorism operations
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_James_Brown
gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
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 78)
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Smith
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:nickname Biddy
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Formerly active
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Shader
gptkbp:previousName nan
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine clearance
gptkbp:productionYears 1982-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Water jet propulsion
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 106)
gptkbp:retirementYear 2001
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine_clearance_operations_in_the_Gulf.
gptkbp:serviceYears 21 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Grimsby_(M_10)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Blyth_(M_10)
gptkbp:survivability Designed for shallow waters
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter