HMS Bideford (M 81)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:beam 10.5 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1981
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
2001-03-30
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 3.2 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar,_radar
gptkbp:endurance 10 days
gptkbp:enginePower 2,000 hp
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._A._M._McGowan
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._A._M._McGowan
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2001
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
Gibraltar
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:HMNB_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bideford (M 81)
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Bideford
gptkbp:length 55 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 55.3 meters
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:nickname Biddy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine warfare
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Shader
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn NATO_operations
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Grimsby
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training vessel
gptkbp:trainingExercises Joint Warrior