HMS M209

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:alliance multiple_engagements_during_WWII
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
1 x 4-inch gun
gptkbp:beam 30 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:built 1940
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1940
gptkbp:crew approximately 50 personnel
gptkbp:crew_size 50 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Royal_Navy
1945
gptkbp:deployedTo scrapped in 1946
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
standard displacement
full load displacement
gptkbp:draft 5.5 feet
gptkbp:engineType 2 x diesel engines
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:historical_significance contributed to mine clearance operations
gptkbp:historicalContext World War II era
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS M209
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:length 180 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Minesweeper_209
gptkbp:notable_event participated_in_Operation_Neptune
swept_mines_in_the_English_Channel
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operational_area European_waters
gptkbp:operational_status retired
gptkbp:operationalRange 1,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_M211
gptkbp:role anti-submarine warfare
minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:serviceYears 1945
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_M210
HMS M208
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper