HMS Gossamer (M 109) IX

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 4-inch gun
2 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Lloyds_Register_of_Shipping
gptkbp:built 1950-01-01
gptkbp:classification gptkb:Minesweeper
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_James_Brown
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1943
gptkbp:completed 1943
gptkbp:crew approximately 50 personnel
gptkbp:crew_size 60 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1946
1946-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo D-Day landings
gptkbp:displacement 800 tons
gptkbp:engineType 4-stroke diesel engine
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Gossamer (M 109) IX
gptkbp:is_designed_to Yard number 1234
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 50.5 meters
gptkbp:motto “To_Clear_the_Way”
gptkbp:nickname Gos
gptkbp:notable_event participated in Operation Overlord
swept_mines_in_the_English_Channel
gptkbp:numberOfStudents 2
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operational_status retired
gptkbp:participatesIn Operation Neptune
gptkbp:produces gptkb:Operation_Postwar
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engine
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:role Anti-submarine warfare
Mine warfare
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:serviceYears 1942-1946
gptkbp:servingTemperature gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship HMS_Gossamer_(M_109)_II
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper