HMS Foxglove

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament depth charges
2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 x 4-inch guns
gptkbp:awardedBy Battle Honours
gptkbp:beam 11.3 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:J._W._Smith
gptkbp:built gptkb:Scotland
1947-01-01
gptkbp:class Flower-class corvette
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1943-01-01
gptkbp:completed 1943-01-01
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:J._W._Smith
gptkbp:crew 85
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
1946-12-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
convoy escort missions
gptkbp:displacement 1,080 tons
gptkbp:draft 3.1 meters
gptkbp:engineType diesel engine
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore scrapped
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1946
gptkbp:firstPublished 1945-01-01
gptkbp:historicalSignificance anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Foxglove
gptkbp:launchDate 1942-05-15
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 62.5 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 62.5 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Foxglove
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatedIn D-Day landings
gptkbp:propulsion twin screw
gptkbp:radar Type 271 radar
gptkbp:role escort vessel
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:serviceYears 1942-1946
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS Buttercup
gptkbp:sonar Type 147 sonar
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:type corvette