HMS Buttercup II

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Buttercup
gptkbp:approves gptkb:battle
gptkbp:armament Naval artillery
4-inch gun
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_James_Brown
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1940
gptkb:starship
1940-06-01
gptkbp:constructed_in Smiths Dock Company
gptkbp:crew 85
85 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:starship
1945
1945-12-01
gptkbp:depth 40 depth charges
gptkbp:displacement 1,000 tons
Standard displacement
gptkbp:duration 5 years
gptkbp:engine_type gptkb:engine
gptkbp:fate 1946
Sold for scrap
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
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_event Convoy escort missions
gptkbp:notable_performance Convoy escort duties
gptkbp:notable_ships 2 torpedo tubes
gptkbp:operational_area 1940-1945
North Atlantic
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:primary_function gptkb:football_club
Escort vessel
gptkbp:production_location gptkb:South_Bank,_England
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:engine
gptkbp:radar Type 271 radar
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:released Scrapped in 1946
gptkbp:role Anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_years 1945
gptkbp:services gptkb:starship
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Buttercup_I
gptkbp:sonar Type 144 sonar
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:Flower-class_corvette
gptkbp:year_created 1939-1940