HMS Buttercup II

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:armament Naval artillery
4-inch gun
gptkbp:builder Smiths Dock Company
gptkbp:builder_location gptkb:South_Bank,_England
gptkbp:built_years 1939-1940
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_James_Brown
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1940
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:commissioned_date 1940-06-01
gptkbp:crew 85 personnel
gptkbp:crew_capacity 85
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Royal_Navy
1945
1945-12-01
gptkbp:depth_charge_capacity 40 depth charges
gptkbp:displacement 1,000 tons
gptkbp:displacement_type Standard displacement
gptkbp:engine_type gptkb:diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:fate_year 1946
gptkbp:final_service_year 1945
gptkbp:historical_significance Participated in Battle of the Atlantic
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Buttercup II
gptkbp:launch_date 1940-03-15
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1940
gptkbp:length 62 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Buttercup_II
gptkbp:notable_command Convoy escort duties
gptkbp:notable_event Convoy escort missions
gptkbp:operational_area North Atlantic
gptkbp:operational_period 1940-1945
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:primary_function gptkb:military_aircraft
Escort vessel
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:diesel_engine
gptkbp:radar Type 271 radar
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:recommissioned No
gptkbp:released Scrapped in 1946
gptkbp:role Anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:service_duration 5 years
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Buttercup_I
gptkbp:sonar Type 144 sonar
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:theater gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:torpedo_tubes 2 torpedo tubes
gptkbp:type gptkb:Flower-class_corvette
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Buttercup
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7