HMS Geranium (M 71)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 x 4 inch guns
8 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
2 x 40 mm Bofors guns
gptkbp:beam 10.1 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Smiths_Dock_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 1944
gptkbp:crew approximately 85 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
scrapped in 1950
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 1,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Geranium (M 71)
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 62.5 meters
gptkbp:nickname Geranium
gptkbp:notable_event anti-submarine warfare
convoy escort duties
mine sweeping operations
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
European_waters
Atlantic_waters
Mediterranean_waters
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Pansy
gptkb:HMS_Cowslip
gptkb:HMS_Peony
gptkb:HMS_Snowdrop
gptkb:HMS_Marigold
HMS Zinnia
HMS Buttercup
HMS Tansy
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:type Flower-class corvette